Great place if you want an academic career - Postdoctoral Research Fellow NIH Employee Review

4.0
Jan 17, 2013
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Pros

-Virtually unlimited lab resources -No grant writing required, or in some cases not allowed -There are experts in everything, can learn a lot -Good salaries, good benefits, very regular and predictable hours (40/wk).

Cons

-Most research on campus is academic and can be obscure -No path upwards from postdoc, unless you want to be a life long staff scientist. -It's very hierarchical. Your opinions don't matter.

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5.0
Jun 26, 2026
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Pros

Not stressful, science based, not profit.

Cons

Slow processes, too many meetings.

4.0
Jun 25, 2026
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Pros

Working with the some of the smartest scientists and clinicians in the world. So many learning opportunities. Kind patients. Allowed time to care for patients as there is no pressure of quotas by health insurance.

Cons

Nursing management can be verbally abusive with frequent retaliation and intimidation. As most older nurses have worked there for most of their career, they are dismissive of new perspectives and resistant to evidence-based practice.

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