Management heavy, misleading - Researcher Battelle Employee Review

1.0
Mar 5, 2015
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Pros

Competitive pay, decent benefits.

Cons

Terrible first job especially for young professionals. Most people at this company are "old guard" and protect each other irrelevant of performance or ethical flaws. Very questionable in terms of lab safety despite ISO and GLP certifications. Was hired as an engineer, to code full time as a computer scientist... reasoning? "anyone can learn a language". Corporate is very Ph.D heavy. Lots of condescending remarks if you aren't a Ph.D.

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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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