All around stable & solid employer, but a little low on the 'excitement' factor - Anonymous employee Battelle Employee Review

4.0
Dec 15, 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

-Stable & consistent research organization in the face of dwindling funding -Amazing team approach and affable coworkers in my unit (health) -Best supervisor and professional mentorship in my career to this day -Interesting work opportunities on high level government projects

Cons

-Bureaucracy inline with a large organization and government contractors. Takes a lot of steps and approvals to accomplish small tasks. -Lack of choice of exciting, innovative projects - just have to do whatever work is available. -Not cutting edge with benefits and perks a la SAS, Google, etc.

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Cons

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