Aspen Institute Reviews
Updated May 31, 2022
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Top Review Highlights by Sentiment
- "Great experience, looks incredible on a resume, opportunities to meet high level executives and pop culture icons, work culture is flexible and fun." (in 4 reviews)
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- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Collectively work towards a better tomorrow with similarly bright minded individuals. Work ethic is great and the environment could not be better.
Cons
Having more visibility into some of the other program's work would be great
- Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
A dynamic and exciting place to work with a healthy mix of senior professionals and young people, diversity, and flexibility. Especially the Energy and Environment team is fantastic.
Cons
Quality of experience seems to depend a bit on the program you work for.
Continue reading - Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Vey nice offices and break areas.
Cons
No flexible work arrangements. Office is not close to public transportation and no shuttle service is offered from train station.
- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Just the name on the resume
Cons
- Management practices are as old as Taylorism. - The whole organization is run by cliques. Prima donnas run the asylum. - There is really no system. It's purely run by personalities, wannabees, pseudo-intellectuals, and forgotten grunts.
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Pros
Working with mission driven people, feeling belief in the work that we do.
Cons
The organization can be very political, and the ladder for upward mobility is almost nonexistent. It can be very defeating to know that opportunities for career growth are very rare and hard to come by.
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Supportive, great benefits, meaningful work
Cons
Sometimes more than 40hr week; need Moore opportunity for growth/promotion
- Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Will let you take time off in case of emergency
Cons
Lots of work, meetings after 5
- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Great exposure to executives. Great colleagues.
Cons
Internal growth opportunities are limited
- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
exposure to lots of different types of work and you're surrounded by very bright people
Cons
It's easy to be siloed and hard to get know people outside your own project .
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Friendly, inspirational environment with people who are deeply passionate about their work
Cons
Programs are very distinct, so it might be more difficult to connect with people outside of your program
Aspen Institute Reviews FAQs
Aspen Institute has an overall rating of 4.4 out of 5, based on over 152 reviews left anonymously by employees. 89% of employees would recommend working at Aspen Institute to a friend and 77% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has improved by 4% over the last 12 months.
89% of Aspen Institute employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Aspen Institute 4.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.2 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Aspen Institute to be senior leadership, culture, benefits and the cons to be diversity and inclusion, compensation, career development.
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