Terrible Management - Senior Research Scientist Battelle Employee Review

2.0
Oct 16, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Great people at the technical level and very interesting projects. Years of poor management has resulted in the technical staff rallying together to combat against incompetence, which is an ironic “pro”.

Cons

Management has ruined what was once a respected and fulfilling place to work. Senior management bullies employees, including dressing them down in front of coworkers and clients for no good reason other than to get the ego boost. Mid-level management will pressure you to get work done on every single off-Friday and weekend. Lower-level managers provide no support although will sarcastically praise you if/when you make a mistake.

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Cons

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