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      Allen Institute

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      Allen Institute reviews

      3.5

      51% would recommend to a friend

      (183 total reviews)

      Rui Costa

      63% approve of CEO

      48% positive business outlook

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      Allen Institute has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 183 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Allen Institute 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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      183 reviews
      3.0
      Oct 25, 2022

      Good benefits, bad pay and room for growth

      Research associate
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Great benefits. Very cheap healthcare, great retirement matching.

      Cons

      None of the research associates have room for growth and feel stuck. When HR took all the research associates aside they basically said "if you dont like it you can leave"

      1.0
      Feb 14, 2021

      Soul draining, negative internal politics, and low pay

      Scientist ii
      Recommend
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      Pros

      -Work-life balance is great, largely due to low productivity expectations. - Health insurance and 401K benefits are amazing if you can afford contributions. - A select few projects are groundbreaking scientifically and fulfilling to work on.

      Cons

      - could sink your career as your success almost solely depends on how much your manager schmoozes the CSO. -low pay for highly specialized positions compared to industry. - lots of ineffective, unproductive investigators and managers that can’t be swept out due to politics. - tons of focus on meaningless internal milestones (“smart goals”) instead of scientific milestones. -low morale above the RA level

      2.0
      Feb 8, 2019

      lacks diversity, very few opportunities for PoC

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      beautiful building great benefits food on site in busy south lake union

      Cons

      A peripheral view of the admin team will show you that there is not a single person of color on the highest level of the org. While amongst the sciences there is a spattering of people of color overall the organizations really lacks in diversity. Maybe its science, maybe its just a bias amongst the c-level that perpetuates down to other management structures. There are very few to little opportunities to grow. There are many stories of PoCs who tried to climb up in the organization and were laid off or "re-orged".

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      Allen Institute Response
      7y
      There is no question that diversity and celebration of diversity enables success, and I appreciate you sharing what you see. As a new member of the Institute, I am looking at our data from a number of perspectives, and will work with our leadership to ensure improvement. You point out the recruitment tactics as a limiting factor, and we will also take a look in this area. Big changes start with awareness, and I think data helps too.
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