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Good times and bad times - Assistant Director Harvard University Employee Review

3.0
1 Jan 2026
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Pros

colleagues generally care about their work and mission of the school; activity benefits are great (tuition, events, etc.); health, retirement benefits are so-so. Base pay is higher than other higher ed institutions, but raises are not guaranteed.

Cons

How much you'll enjoy your work and being at work is completely dependent on your local leadership. Major politics at play, both small scale and large. Usually no opportunity for moving up, never hear about anyone being promoted. You have to apply for jobs outside your team.

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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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