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      4.0

      76% would recommend to a friend

      (805 total reviews)
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      Todd Golub

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      57% positive business outlook

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      4.2

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.1

      Culture & values

      4.1

      Work/Life balance

      3.6

      Compensation and benefits

      3.5

      Career opportunities

      3.3

      Senior management

      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
      4.0
      Jun 9, 2014

      Great people, vibrant atmosphere, awesome colleagues... but very bad management team.

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Work is quite intense and very fulfilling. I was constantly exposed to brilliant people with great ideas. Overall, I'm very happy that I was part of the Broad. Fantastic experience overall, with very decent compensation for a non-profit environment.

      Cons

      A big caveat here: there is very little room for career progression as opportunities are almost non-existent. In response to this issue, my manager used to raise his shoulders. Another disappointing aspect: there is an intense feeling of absence of communication among groups dealing with similar projects, which was very frustrating at times. A lot of hand waiving, an abysmal lack of decisions, some projects going south and people staring at each other with no word coming out of their mouths... too bad, I'm going to miss my colleagues and friends there...

      4.0
      Jun 9, 2014

      Best job I ever had!

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      I worked in the sequencing group for a looong time, starting in 2002 towards the tail end of the human genome project. It was a very exciting, enjoyable time. We went through several technological revolutions over that time, so the challenges were unique and varied. It was fun to get to constantly learn new things. The people were excellent and it was a great culture.

      Cons

      The institute as a whole has grown 20x in size since I joined, as such it has become far more corporate in recent years. There's been a high rate of turnover at the highest levels and some of it wasn't done in the most friendly way.

      5.0
      Jun 4, 2014

      The Broad Institute -- amazing place to work

      Postdoctoral associate
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      Pros

      the people, the benefits, the vision, attention to employee needs, extremely collaborative, very innovative, on the cutting edge, really making a difference in scientific knowledge and medicine, straddle academia and industry, affiliations with Harvard and MIT

      Cons

      There are so many great initiatives at the Broad that the possibilities to contribute are endless. Thus, it is imperative to define focus and achieve. lots of meetings

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