Great Benefits & Not Great Culture - SAM Berklee Employee Review

3.0
11 Jul 2025
Recommend
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Pros

- early registration for courses - easy contact with success advisors / department chairs - no stress, almost no tasks to do - extremely flexible scheduling

Cons

- more designed for student emotional support than advising - semi-unprofessional work environment - not a great job to grow as a professional / leader - management not willing to take risks to improve

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5.0
15 Apr 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Amazing work culture, understanding managers, and supportive colleagues. I feel truly valued and I can breathe even during peak times.

Cons

So far no cons at all. Everything is wonderful!

1.0
20 Apr 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

-helping students -talking about music

Cons

-forced to train the ai bot that will replace you -despite being the top performer on your team and being reassured repeatedly your job is secure, you will get laid off with no explanation or respect -c suite prefers to keep their 500k+ salaries and 80k+ bonuses even if it means laying off 80+ employees who only make 55k -CEO led first layoffs in berklee's entire history, no transparency with any managers, no discussion or anything -CEO used money "saved" from layoffs to give other employees bonuses and buy unnecessary property

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