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4.4

76% would recommend to a friend

(91 total reviews)
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David Spergel

88% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Simons Foundation has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 91 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Simons Foundation employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Nonprofit & NGO industry (3.7 stars).

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91 reviews
1.0
May 3, 2017

Disappointed

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Benefits and perks are good.

Cons

Real feedback is not encouraged.

1.0
Jan 23, 2018

Orwellian

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Extraordinary benefits, fully stocked kitchen

Cons

Knowing that the founder, Jim Simons, is Robert Mercer's business partner (Renaissance Technologies). Confrontational management, obsession with changing technologies every other week, working in a hermetically sealed bubble closed off to the real world. Progress is measured by volume of paper.

2.0
Sep 19, 2022

A grand decline

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Simons Foundation was a wonderful place to join a few years ago. The health benefits are incredible. The mission is one anyone can feel proud of. There are a lot of nice people.

Cons

Marilyn Simons is no longer the CEO, unfortunately. The CEO is disconnected with staff unless their area is of interest (at least thats how it felt to me). They make decisions from a pedestal, only sometimes pretending to hear the opinion of others. The office is beautiful, but the divisions among departments and teams are incredibly hard to breach, which is so unfortunate. There is little room for growth. When anything goes wrong, they love to knock someone down as an example and ignore the true problem, which is often far more complicated.

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