Is Battelle a good company to work for?

Battelle has an overall rating of 3.6 out of 5, based on over 1,169 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 6% over the last 12 months. 60% of employees would recommend working at Battelle to a friend and 52% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Battelle have been left by employees working as Intern , CCDS Deconamination Technician and Project Manager .

Does Battelle pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Battelle employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Battelle. This rating has decreased by 6% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Battelle?

60% of Battelle employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Battelle 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.3 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Battelle?

Research Scientist (48) , Researcher (29) , Manager (21) , Principal Research Scientist (19) , Project Manager (19) , CCDS Deconamination Technician (18) , Intern (17) , Technician (16) , Senior Research Scientist (15) , Software Engineer (12) , Program Manager (11) , Lab Technician (10) , Engineer (9) , CCDS Technician (8) , Mechanical Engineer (8)

What are the pros of working at Battelle according to real employee reviews?

"Great people to work with and had the oppurtunity to lean a lot of interesting information." ((in 94 reviews)); "Good pay for contributing to make a very important difference during a time of crisis." ((in 89 reviews)); "The benefits are good." ((in 88 reviews)); "the work was relativity easy and all my direct coworkers were great" ((in 35 reviews)); "Good work life balance (Every other Friday is a day off)" ((in 32 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Battelle according to real employee reviews?

"Management is poor." ((in 87 reviews)); "current managers have too many direct reports" ((in 28 reviews)); "Upper management does not seem to care that morale has been low for years and is getting lower." ((in 25 reviews)); "Constant layoffs over the last few years in order to cut costs, while continuing to give" ((in 19 reviews)); "Long hours for contributing to make a very important difference during a time of crisis." ((in 14 reviews))

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What are the top reviewed Battelle locations?

Columbus , Pueblo , Washington , Richland , Richmond , West Jefferson , Arlington , Idaho Falls , Boulder , Egg Harbor Township , Aberdeen , Atlanta , Charlottesville , Frederick , Panama City , Chantilly , Baltimore , Atlantic City , San Antonio , Dayton , Seattle , Norwell , Portsmouth , Fairfax , Houston , Vancouver , Boston , Bismarck , Egg Harbor City , Crystal City

Battelle reviews

3.6

60% would recommend to a friend

(995 total reviews)

Lou Von Thaer

60% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

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Battelle has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 995 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Battelle employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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995 reviews

2.0

Dec 10, 2012

It's a good place to be from... Better if you're technical...

Anonymous employee

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Pros

* still has a pension and 401K (pension doesn't matter much anymore to younger staff) * on-site gym * great opportunities for tech staff to work on a variety of impactful projects

Cons

* support staff are significantly undervalued * a chosen few advance by stepping on others and getting rid of them when they get in the way * much better for technical staff than support * largely putting all of their eggs in the government basket foretells a crash and burn if/when fiscal cliff happens * used to be a good place to work - now it's a good place to be from

3.0

Sep 11, 2012

It's all who you know, not what you do.

Research scientist

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CEO approval

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Pros

Possibility of working on cutting-edge projects, hopefully related to your field of interest or experience. Opportunities to work without much supervision and above your pay grade with little serious blow-back for failures. On site fitness center, dry cleaning, etc. Some managers allow flex time.

Cons

Read what you sign at hire--the paperwork that prohibits a second job also discriminates against hobbies, and some managers will force employees to drop outside interests and volunteering. Expect mandatory unpaid overtime, more the higher you go and including nights and weekends without warning. Getting on projects, promotions, etc. depends a lot more on who above you likes you than on actual performance. Discrimination and occasional bullying still present, some groups have severe morale problems.

2.0

Apr 25, 2012

Glorified Admin, Needs Improvement

Transportation research intern

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

The pay is great and their reputations precede them. The staff are pretty easy to get along with and for the most part there are some perks.

Cons

There is a lot of disorganization, not a lot of complexities to the work, the contracts seem to be slow, benefits are getting reduced, promotions are hard to come by, high turnovers

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