Going downhill - Research Leader Battelle Employee Review

2.0
Oct 3, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

good technical people with some interesting projects, good benefits (although this is being scaled back to match the industry norms), finally working to align executive and line management financial goals

Cons

poor management, stovepiped culture, too many former military brass with no business acumen or training, line management told to be entrepreneurial risk takers but top management are risk averse (protecting a charitable trust fund squashes innovation), continual small staff cuts (trying to stay below the formal reporting requirments to avoid bad press)

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Cons

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1.0
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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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