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      Barnard College Reviews

      3.3

      22% would recommend to a friend

      (295 total reviews)

      Debora L. Spar

      30% approve of CEO

      17% positive business outlook

      Barnard College has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 295 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Barnard College employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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      295 reviews
      2.0
      12 June 2026

      Toxic leadership and low morale

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Great colleagues. The students, faculty, and staff were wonderful.

      Cons

      Leadership is toxic, cruel, and vindictive. It is a psychologically unsafe environment. A once vibrant community has been broken by terrible upper management. Senior staff doesn’t understand most staff functions at the college, has 0 strategy behind their decision, and are reactive to all problems that could have been avoided if they listened to staff. Turnover is high and morale is low. Workloads are unsustainable. Pay is poor. Benefits are slashed. Staffing is short. If you are considering working here— run.

      2.0
      11 June 2026

      Supportive community and benefits, but toxic leadership

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Kind and supportive community of employees who started at Barnard prior to current administration. Good work life balance. Excellent vacation benefits. Other benefits have been great but health insurance much more expensive.

      Cons

      Leadership is toxic and cruel. Mass firings last year that has tanked morale and we haven’t fully recovered. Very high turnover. Senior management doesn’t seem to understand how things work or what everyone does. They try to come up with solutions to issues without asking for staff expertise. Very hierarchical. Feels less like a college and more like a corporation.

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