Beautiful location, smart people doing incredible work. - Anonymous employee Allen Institute Employee Review

4.0
17 Jan 2020
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The people here are smart and passionate about Paul Allen’s vision for Big, Team and Open Science. The benefits package is great (50% match on 401k contributions).

Cons

Traffic in South Lake Union is rough.

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