An institute full of classism, and real problem promoting people of color. - Anonymous employee The Broad Institute Employee Review

1.0
Jun 19, 2018
Anonymous employee
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Pros

There are some really great people working here and the benefits packages are pretty amazing not to mention tons of interesting work being done.

Cons

I have seen coworkers be constantly rude to janitorial, and logistics staff, I have seen deserving coworkers of color overlooked for promotions that went to employees with less time and experience with the organization, and rather than promoting from within they are too quick to pull people in from outside the broad. They also waste huge amounts of money on catering meetings and frankly just have too many meetings that end up slowing the work down. Administration and logistics teams seem to be treated pretty poorly and are often understaffed and the ammount of people with over inflated self worth is truly staggering. It feels like a hive of the worst aspects of the millennial generation without any of the social justice that generation is so often shown fighting for.

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The Broad Institute Response
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Hi, this is Brianna Pina, and I'm the Diversity & Inclusion Leader at the Broad. The Broad Institute is deeply committed to diversity and inclusion in our community, and I welcome your help here. I would enjoy a confidential conversation with you to hear about your experiences and concerns. Ideally we could come up with a plan to work together to address them. Please feel free to send me an email or come to my office on the 11th floor (#11007) to discuss more. Your perspective is important to me and the Broad Institute. I hope we can meet soon.

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