Good company going through changes - Researcher Battelle Employee Review

3.0
Dec 13, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Some of the benefits are that it is a non profit company, so it is not a very stressful job. We have a 9/80 work week which is great and flex time.

Cons

The way the company is structured (as non profit) gives no room to do ANYTHING unless you can charge it to a project. Training is not existent, you can't spend time trying to enhance your knowledge of the task you are working since "there is no budget for that". People are taken out of projects right at the middle due to budget issues and leave a hole that the rest have to fill. Each year they keep cutting benefits.

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Pros

They pay my salary on time.

Cons

-They are run like grad school. They have you compete against your co-workers for funding, they consider rules and laws as simple impediments to be overcome by capricious edicts, they will treat you like a rented mule if you let them. I have come to the conclusion that senior management cares very little about work conditions or employees, only about the bottom line. This experience has significantly changed my opinion of not-for-profit companies. If you are a researcher looking for an open and collaborative environment with shared goals, I suggest you look elsewhere.

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