Organizationally challenged, but casual environment - Anonymous employee Berklee Employee Review

4.0
3 Dec 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The work environment is very casual in most offices, very few people wear suits/ties/business attire. Being surrounded by creative students and employees can be very exciting and there are always opportunities to get involved through various committees.

Cons

There is a lacking of systems/policies. Many offices have not changed since they began years ago and there is always a mentality of "this is the way it's been done". Middle management positions across campus are not very empowered to make decisions and senior management is very removed from the details, so often their decisions are sometimes off the mark.

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
20 Apr 2026
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Pros

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Cons

-forced to train the ai bot that will replace you -despite being the top performer on your team and being reassured repeatedly your job is secure, you will get laid off with no explanation or respect -c suite prefers to keep their 500k+ salaries and 80k+ bonuses even if it means laying off 80+ employees who only make 55k -CEO led first layoffs in berklee's entire history, no transparency with any managers, no discussion or anything -CEO used money "saved" from layoffs to give other employees bonuses and buy unnecessary property

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