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Harvard University

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It's really competitive to get a job at Harvard, but once you get in very few leave. - Program Manager Harvard University Employee Review

4.0
2 Feb 2014
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Pros

Harvard has great benefits (top health insurance, all federal and local holidays off, up to 6 weeks off, $5000 annual tuition reimbursement, $25 gym membership), work life balance and higher salaries than most universities.

Cons

Harvard is like the Titanic - very slow to change and move. Their motto is "every tub on its own bottom" so centers, schools, and departments are very siloed and do operate very independently. Decision-making is slow and professors are considered untouchable - their word trumps logic, common sense and administrative protocol.

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5.0
9 Jun 2026
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Pros

Working at Harvard as a teaching fellow is Intellectually stimulating.

Cons

Working as a Teaching Fellow is not financially rewarding.

5.0
3 Jun 2026
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Pros

You work with experts from every field possible in science from Mechanobiology to Metallurgy and working as a ML intern along with scientists from different fields gave me a lot of exposure and how to work in a research department.

Cons

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