Berklee reviews

3.9

76% would recommend to a friend

(379 total reviews)
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Jim Lucchese

78% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

Berklee has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 379 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Berklee employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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379 reviews
1.0
Mar 17, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

- Good location - Sometimes there is good music

Cons

- They don't promote, give salary raises or bonuses. By doing so, they are pretty much saying to employees, "disengage"... "stop caring"! - Over time people become lazy, they get used to the status quo , "business as usual" mentality and management is happy to ride along. There's little "innovation" or desire for change. Management lives in a cloud, disconnected from the day-to-day and whenever they get involved there is little or no followthrough - For faculty and students all these means is more and more mediocre admin systems and processes while tuition continuous to increase at ridiculous levels - Too reactive, they wait until the last moment to take action. Example- they waited until Berklee's longtime sexual harassment culture made the news to start changing things -HR has an unusual amount of power over decisions that should live with the Deans - There is a culture of inflating everything. Inflating the little accomplishments they make, inflating alumni achievements, etc. For prospective students, it's all a BIG lie. The reality is only 3 out of 10 will land a job and the average graduate will make just above the federal poverty level

3.0
Jan 26, 2018

Director

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Community, students, creative environment, benefits, access to great music and artists.

Cons

Leadership only advocates for each other not staff. Too quick to get rid of loyal staff in pursuit of chasing something new. Only way to increase salary is via promotions, and those are far and few.

1.0
Oct 12, 2018

Terrible, horrible, no good, very bad place to work

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

If you manage to hang around long enough the pay is good. Many of the faculty and staff (who actually interact with students) are great.

Cons

The direction of the college, and the culture have changed only for the negative. The college has put such an overwhelming focus on hiring VPs and AVPs etc that the student experience has suffered. Your experience is entirely linked to the management you work under. Stay away from the area somehow titled Student Affairs. Toxic environment.

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