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Harvard University reviews

4.2

83% would recommend to a friend

(4,072 total reviews)

Alan Garber

80% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

Harvard University has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 4,072 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Harvard University 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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4K reviews
3.0
Nov 10, 2012

The Best Job I've Ever Hated

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Pros

Benefits are great and there are so many paid holidays and vacation time.

Cons

Staff needs all these perks and time off to retain mental health while dealing with the maze of disorganization, procedures that vary for the most minute details, and the many, many steps where something can break down and not get done in spite of the fact that you've taken all the right steps. Also, unless you're faculty or a scholar you're really not important.

4.0
Nov 3, 2012

experience in harvard university as a postdoc

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Pros

quite satisfied, diversified community, good colleagues, good facility, good staff support, people are usually very friendly in terms of collaboration, usually most of them are highly motivated for research

Cons

very high working pressure and load.

5.0
Sep 28, 2012

Great people

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Pros

Some of the best people you'll meet. Yeah, there are some snobby kids with their heads up in the air, but for the most part everyone is super down to earth.

Cons

Bureaucratic educational system means slow change.

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