Amazing colleagues but challenging internal labor market - Policy Researcher RAND Employee Review

4.0
Nov 2, 2014
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Pros

Variety of work, challenging projects, brilliant colleagues, salary, flexible schedule

Cons

Competitive internal labor market, requires 100% coverage

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5.0
May 12, 2026
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Pros

Really flexible hours, amazing project team members, engaging projects.

Cons

You will need to network and find your own projects, sometimes finding ~3-5 projects at one time to ensure full utilization.

4.0
Jul 19, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Interesting work, some brilliant colleagues, access to senior decision makers throughout government.

Cons

Stressful trying to stay fully staffed on projects (i.e., internal market within RAND)

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