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      4.0

      73% would recommend to a friend

      (502 total reviews)

      Jason Matheny

      53% approve of CEO

      35% positive business outlook

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      4.3

      Work/Life balance

      3.9

      Culture & values

      3.8

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.7

      Compensation and benefits

      3.5

      Career opportunities

      3.3

      Senior management

      RAND has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 502 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The RAND employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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      502 reviews
      3.0
      Nov 1, 2008

      A great place to work, but buyer beware.

      Researcher
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      The people and environment are top notch, you cannot beat the location! I really loved my coworkers, the office location and how everyone got along there.

      Cons

      Salaried employee compensation is sub par with most of the payroll going to insanely high executive compensation. There are a lot of "adjunct staff" there which are basically contract employees with no benefits, because Rand is too cheap and greedy. I was privy to some of the salaries and was shocked when I saw that... I had people working under me without benefits because "it wasn't in the budget". I guess that was true since even the lowest level financial analyst was making a decent 6-figure salary.

      3.0
      Feb 1, 2023

      Great People but Frustrating

      Senior analyst
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Smart colleagues; interesting work; prestigious brand.

      Cons

      Intense internal market worked rather like a high school, with cliques, "in crowds," and others who never got to sit in the room where decisions are made. Work model discouraged collaboration and encouraged those with access to clients to horde their work and monopolize their access.

      3.0
      Feb 13, 2022

      Quickly plunging quality of job due to bloated management structure

      Senior consultant
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The people; the types of projects/subject matter; possibility to impact sponsor decision making

      Cons

      Incredibly bloated management and overhead structure causes intense inefficiencies and adds excessive operating costs. Publications team/Office of External Affairs is completely incompetent and should be restructured immediately. Excessive lead times for publications; excessive bureaucracy for anyone trying to have a timely impact on policy decisions.

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