Aspires to be a great place to work - Anonymous employee Berklee Employee Review

3.0
27 Aug 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

There are great people on both faculty and staff, the students are ridiculously talented, and the location can't be beat.

Cons

Work-life balance is abysmal, and there's a feeling that even longtime employees can be easily replaced. Recent high-level administrative hires of people with no knowledge of music have shifted the culture in an unfortunately corporate direction. The place has lost a bit of its soul.

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5.0
15 Apr 2026
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Pros

Amazing work culture, understanding managers, and supportive colleagues. I feel truly valued and I can breathe even during peak times.

Cons

So far no cons at all. Everything is wonderful!

1.0
20 Apr 2026
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Pros

-helping students -talking about music

Cons

-forced to train the ai bot that will replace you -despite being the top performer on your team and being reassured repeatedly your job is secure, you will get laid off with no explanation or respect -c suite prefers to keep their 500k+ salaries and 80k+ bonuses even if it means laying off 80+ employees who only make 55k -CEO led first layoffs in berklee's entire history, no transparency with any managers, no discussion or anything -CEO used money "saved" from layoffs to give other employees bonuses and buy unnecessary property

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