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Harvard University

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Great until it isn't - Engineer Harvard University Employee Review

3.0
4 Mar 2026
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Pros

- Incredible work life balance - Benefits are debatable, but are above average in most cases where they are used

Cons

- Senior leadership are all just former project managers or scrum leads. If you have a engineering background, be prepared, and also, good luck. - Every year or two a previously failed initiative will get recycled and rebranded. Nothing truly tangible will come of this, it is by design. - A lot of people there are what I would call "Lifers." Beware to have ideas taken and credit never received. - The atmosphere is very much a high school clique. There is most definitely an inner circle, and if you do not manage to make it there be prepared to have your career essentially halted.

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5.0
25 Jun 2026
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Pros

A PhD is always very advisor/PI dependent, but I had a great experience with room to learn, grow, and explore interesting research questions. As with any PhD program you’ll work pretty hard for relatively lower pay and perhaps less directly applicable industry career trajectory at the end, but if you find good people to tackle the journey with and get to work on interesting problems I personally think the journey is worthwhile!

Cons

Less of a program wide cohort in my particular engineering field. Some funding challenges with the govt last year but seem mostly back now, apart from the recent administration issues funding wasn’t generally a challenge

5.0
23 Jun 2026
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Pros

Friendly and helpful coworkers, easy systems

Cons

Honestly don’t have anything bad to say

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