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Generous salary and benefits, wonderfully collaborative culture that fosters continued learning. My only complaint is that management is not embracing more flexible work options and is way too eager to get us back in the office full time — even though the flexibility benefits many people (especially working parents) and most teams have been very successful working from home. I think this stems from a narrow-minded and old-fashioned idea of what the "office" needs to look like, which is ultimately going to hinder their goal of creating a more diverse and innovative environment.

In theory, this job should be perfect. The benefits are incredibly good. However, there has been no attempt to help employees during COVID-19 and many have been punished for a drop in productivity during a traumatic global pandemic. The managers are really not trained well enough to be managers - they are often harsh. The lack of flexibility in coming back to the office is ridiculous as we have proven we can work from home. But we are expected back in five days a week in September. The work culture is very strict and forced and is probably a testament to the fact that the foundation's founder was in the financial industry.

There use to be a lot of free benefits and perks.  Much of it has gone away or been replaced by cheaper options. 

The company went from one day work from home (any day of the week) to only allowing work from home on a Friday or Monday.  If there is a holiday or if the company is closed during the week, you are expected to forgo your work from home day.  

HR also runs reports several times per month to determine who is not coming into the office 4 days a week (by checking badge swipes).  You do not want to show up on the list. 



Working at Simons Foundation was the most amazing career experience I have ever had and will ever have. The Simons family treated their employees as equals. 100% family paid medical, dental, vision, life insurance benefits with tier 1 program.  100% vested from first day of work & 100% 401K matching. Work-life balance, luxurious parties and travels with families. Paid lunches, fully stocked kitchens, etc. AMAZING ORGANIZATION!

Leadership changes have made the place lose its soul.

Corporate decisions now run the place and the leadership is reactionary not willing to stand in front of issues and take stands.

Very political, left leaning decisions made on a regular basis.

Coordinating event logistics with science team and special events manager. Interface with administrative staff to ascertain event technical details. I have learned to work with an interpretation system for the first time. The staff, for the most part, is fairly elusive. The hardest part of the job is last-minute detail changes which affects my planned execution.

Simons Foundation is a great place to work and run by well-intentioned, capable people. The stress level is high because the par is high and since you're well compensated, your work is expected to be en pointe. However, management is reasonable and they do a great job of helping you succeed.

Free breakfast and lunch, great office location/space. Opportunity to interface with some of the top minds in computational biology/genomics. Build a computational pipeline to identify denovo mutations from scratch. Access to state of the art computing facilities.

Simons Foundation is filled with wonderful employees that work hard daily and commit themselves to their projects. While work never seems to end, the catered lunches and relaxed office culture help the day go by faster.

Good coworkers. Management needs training as they are not interested in managing. Needs strong leadership and support for the administrative department, there isn't any. Low morale unless you work for the right person...meaning someone who actually knows how to manage.

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