Working at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA: 52 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Cambridge, MA Area

"Worked for a research group for 4+ years. Amazing team and a good experience on the group level. Good compensation if you stay within reasonable tasks for a staff assistant. Hard to get a raise or recognition."

"My time at this job was very enjoyable. However their policy not to give more than 17 hours to part time employees to avoid paying health benefits was distasteful. Harvard campus is world-renown and my interactions with staff and faculty were very pleasant."

"The Broad Institute has been selected as a top place to work for several years in a row, and they really do try hard to create an ideal work environment for genomics research."

"Colleagues mean well, but serious lack of communication resources and autonomy."

What do you like about working at Harvard University?

"I have a flexible work schedule and I work with kind people."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"The group decision-making process here is very frustrating -- ask what the decision-making culture is like for your department."

What don't you like about working at Harvard University?

"There is a serious lack of autonomy in decision-making and use of resources."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Give your communications people the resources they desperately need -- our struggles affect the entire school across all departments."

What do you like about working at Harvard University?

"A top-notch educational facility that fosters a multicultural, open-minded, progressive environment for the students, as well as employees."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Learn all about what Harvard has to offer -- to students, as well as to employees."

What don't you like about working at Harvard University?

"I have no idea what that would be. It was great!"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I have no idea how I would do anything differently. It's great as it is!"

"Excellent organisation with a dynamic workplace and entrepreneurial spirit."

What do you like about working at Harvard University?

"Co-workers, management, flexibility, customer interaction, responsibilities given, decision making opportunities, biking to work."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be yourself and keep an open mind but never discredit your own ingenuity."

What don't you like about working at Harvard University?

"I'm quite content with my current position. I would improve the job by creating a cleaner method of recycling ZP150."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep up the great work! RV is the glue that keeps the fab lab together."

What do you like about working at Harvard University?

"Sufficiently busy making although too inefficient and distracted by fads."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Ask difficult questions, press for meaningful answers, and don't enable."

What don't you like about working at Harvard University?

"Too quick to grasp at passing fads with too little deep experience."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Employ deeply experienced, technically adept wise & compassionate workers & managers."

What do you like about working at Harvard University?

"Chance to learn new and leading technology and chance to take free courses as well."

What don't you like about working at Harvard University?

"Nothing to point out as I enjoyed working for a great University."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They should encourage younger people who comes with new and bright ideas with great vision."

What do you like about working at Harvard University?

"Working with people that were great at what they do to help others."

What don't you like about working at Harvard University?

"Hard to feel like you're good enough amongst your co-workers."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Would emphasize more on mentorship between senior and junior faculty."

What do you like about working at Harvard University?

"Smart and engaged people, not competitive, very collaborative, great boss, learning orientation."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be aligned with the mission, since salary is not market."

What don't you like about working at Harvard University?

"The pay is poor and I am not sure the mission is the right fit."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Give a bit more constructive feedback or push back if something is off."

What do you like about working at Harvard University?

"It's amazing, because I get to study exactly what I want every day."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"You must have experience in research before you interview at Harvard."

What don't you like about working at Harvard University?

"I need to commute a long way to get to work."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I don't think I would do much differently, except keep the areas extremely organized."

What do you like about working at Harvard University?

"Technically, I was able to work on my own skills, and I accomplished getting the results from the experiments that I tried."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"None. The boss was very nice when I was first interviewed. He almost immediately expressed that he would hire me."

What don't you like about working at Harvard University?

"Had a boss who was able to tell me his proposals on the requirement to be achieved for the job assigned to me, then let me work independently to complete the duty without interruption, but I was unable to find this kind of boss after 1998 except in one in Harvard University."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be able to direct employees on a clear job duty before asking the employees to work."

"This was a Summer Part-Time engagement during 1989-1999."