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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
Recommend
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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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Cons

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Cons

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