Poor Management/Leadership/Ethics - Anonymous employee Battelle Employee Review

2.0
Apr 11, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits. Charity donation match.

Cons

Poor managers and leadership. Manage is performed from top to bottom. People put in managerial positions are based on political endeavors rather than on the "right person for the position". Bullying, intimidation, and harassment is the culture of managers. Human resources and other political person(s) will back-up managers when "messes" happen in the organization. Poor ethics as it pertains to judgment, but their ethics are based on the law, which only helps to protect the company. I would not recommend Battelle Memorial Institute to anyone unless you're desperate for a job, then I would only recommend a temporary stop-gap.

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