American Institutes for Research Reviews

Pros

Great place to work. Smart colleagues

Cons

Ever growing and changing. Very large institution

Pros

Good work/life balance and flexible with your schedule.

Cons

Very hard to move up if you work in a regional office.

Pros

Incredible co-workers, fulfilling work, great learning experience

Cons

Workload can be intense, high expectations

Pros

I love working here Great environment

Cons

There is nothing wrong to be said

Pros

Friendly staff, good benefits, interesting projects

Cons

Average pay, hard to move up without a PhD

Pros

Friendly team and supportive coworkers

Cons

Worked thru temp service as contract for 6 years

Pros

It’s a job with benefits and for the most part, staff is nice. Managers/Directors not so much

Cons

Don’t let these false positive reviews fool you. Pretty sure they were advised to write those to bring the ratings up. This is the most disorganized Organization I have ever worked for. Favoritism runs rampant, benefits are awful. Leadership is clueless and out of touch. Zero work to life balance. You will have constant anxiety, there are huge information gaps between teammates, no one knows anything about standards, and processes will change at the drop of a dime. You are on your own.

Pros

Organization cares about the public good

Cons

High expectations, so not for people who want to just get by

Pros

good co-workers, nice office, good career development path, interesting projects

Cons

no competitive compensation, benefits are not good enough, the organization is constantly experiencing changes

Pros

CoWorkers are great and helpful, benefits are competent, overall a good experience.

Cons

A lot of the workforce is hire through temp agencies, telework is granted on special cases. Promotions are based on most liked employees which leads to employees competing on workload and work long hours to be considered proactive.