5.0
Oct 21, 2022
Current employee, more than 8 years
Washington, DC
Recommend
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Pros
I get to work on a range of compelling, import policy problems--it's incredibly intellectually stimulating. I'm surrounded by brilliant colleagues, and because you build your own network, I work with people I really like and care about. The compensation and benefits are amazing, and the hierarchy is super flat. I talk to my "boss" every two years--I just go out and do good work and run my own time.
Cons
RAND has this crazy "internal labor market" where you have to find approx 230 days of project work, either by bringing in work/grants or being hired internally on teams. It's been easy for me but I have seen a lot of good colleagues leave RAND early because hunting for work stressed them out.