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The Broad Institute reviews

4.0

76% would recommend to a friend

(805 total reviews)
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Todd Golub

82% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

The Broad Institute has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 805 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The The Broad Institute employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

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805 reviews
1.0
Aug 12, 2025
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Pros

Interesting science if you are in the right group

Cons

Manager/PI explicitly told me that 60-70 hr work weeks are expected from RAs -- for a 50k salary in Boston. PIs will bully you and tell you you're not capable of anything while also assigning you enough work for three people. They control you by holding rec letters hostage because they know most people use these positions as a stepping stone to graduate school. If you complain to HR and your PI is well-known, they won't do anything. No accountability. The Broad churns through young, motivated, ambitious researchers who genuinely care about their work, exploits them for all they're worth, and then moves on to the next batch. In the year that I worked at the Broad I saw three coworkers leave for non-science roles after they had worked their whole lives to be scientists. It should be a major red flag that after getting (sometimes multiple) degrees in biology, doing research and industry internships, and having every intention to continue in this field, working here is bad enough to make someone change careers entirely. Avoid this place if you want to continue in science because the Broad will kill your love for biology. My advice to early career researchers is to work for a place that adequately compensates you (prestige won't pay your rent, and once you're here you realize it's not that great anyway), preferably has a union, and allows you to talk to lab members without the PI present during the interview process. Do NOT blindly trust what a PI says. They will lie to get you to sign that job contract and turn on you the second they're able.

1.0
Sep 25, 2024
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Pros

Free cheese plates seldom, but occasionally?

Cons

The Broad Institute is a place where the PIs run the show and upper management caters to their misbehavior, funding them often with industry or discretionary funds in order to cleanup messes, and thus cause undue stress and unfair remuneration for their hard working staff. Micromanagement and elitism leads to adversarial working conditions and continual turnover. The entire organization lacked any reliable method of financially reporting for 8 months this past fiscal year (FY24), and placed this burden directly on its staff. Leadership is so overly focused with process, micromanagement, and mistrust that it translates to 5-7 meetings per day. Stay away from this place at all costs.

2.0
Jun 14, 2022
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Pros

Coworkers were good people Opportunity for networking in niche science fields Company swag Good mission Good number of holidays off

Cons

Unsupportive supervisor, nowhere to go for guidance Background in something other than science - few opportunities to pursue interests No opportunity for growth Little buy-in/financial support from leadership Cultural values preached, not practiced Dominant culture reminiscent of higher academia culture - not in a good way

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