They will make you lazy - Associate Director Berklee Employee Review

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

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Cons

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1.0
Apr 20, 2026
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Pros

-helping students -talking about music

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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