Low Pay with low benefits - Anonymous employee Battelle Employee Review

1.0
Aug 10, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Scientists are resourceful at accomplishing goals despite lack of support from management and antiquated rules that ties their hand.

Cons

Those who can are the scientists. Those who can't get promoted to managers. Limited promotion and Stack Ranking creates back-stabbing sycophantic culture. Projects suffer. Morale suffers. Morals suffer.

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Pros

They pay my salary on time.

Cons

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