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3.5

73% would recommend to a friend

(37 total reviews)

Alondra Nelson

72% approve of CEO

45% positive business outlook

Social Science Research Council has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 37 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Social Science Research Council employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management and consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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37 reviews
3.0
11 Mar 2019

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Pros

People are very nice and condierate

Cons

The management is very old school

1.0
6 Aug 2018

Do NOT work here if you are entering their finance or admin dept

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Pros

Only a good place to work if you do program or social science work. Other than that, no pros.

Cons

This place has a terrible nonprofit administration team. The people in HR and finance management have been there for 20+ years, are rude, not progressive, do not understand the positive effects of growth, and do not listen to your feedback to make things better. There is no room for promotion or pay raises, despite the great value and effort entry/middle level employees put in. The first thing they tell you in your interviews is that the org has a HIGH TURNOVER RATE AND YOU SHOULDN'T EXPECT ANY ROOM FOR ADVANCEMENT. That should be enough to tell you how much they don't care about your professional growth, or even about you as a person. For an organization that boasts on being forward-thinking, it lacks the knowledge and understanding of innovative management techniques and of investing in its employees. Admin management is also low key racist and traditionalist. Your voice won't be heard here. Management makes decisions based on emotions and what would benefit them, not the team/organization. I worked here for over 3 years and did the work of my manager's and they never allowed me to move up once my manager left. Because management is scared of being replaced, they'd rather bring in incompetent temps so that you stay put and can't take their place. They'll pretend to say things like there is not enough money in the budget, but all the money goes towards the directors who don't know how to manage or communicate and are just their until they can retire. The Exec director only cares about her projects and the people who work for her. Unless you have an "in" with her, you're doomed to move anywhere or be seen/heard. Bottom line is - management feels obsolete and scared of being replaced, so they do whatever it takes to keep you at the bottom. This place lacks heart and soul and does not value its employees.

3.0
26 Mar 2021
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Pros

Really friendly, collegial environment, lots of people very interested in research and ideas, overall pleasant place to work

Cons

I think they may have increased salaries after I left, but when I was there the model seemed to be to take in smart college grads who were interested in research and pay them almost nothing, knowing that most people were going to leave after a few years for grad school. The work itself varied a lot by program, some was more substantive and some was more administrative/menial. Overall felt a bit exploitative of young people eager to find an academic-y job right out of college

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