One of the best place to work - Anonymous employee NIH Employee Review

Users say... "The people are great and having a role in biomedical research is rewarding" "great benefits and core facility" "good work/life balance and super friendly teammates" "Great lab and colleagues." "There are many opportunities to succeed but you have to be willing to work hard for potentially minimal payoff." 

Users say... "Low salaries and lack of benefit." "can become repetitive, sometime poor management, same activity repeated," "'Bad' Departments has poor leadership, micromanage and terrible behaviors unbecoming of what a manager should be." "Certain managers (and this is a systematic problem government wide) that focus on promotion based on 'time in grade' rather than job performance." "much favoritism about characteristics, size, and personal behavior come in to play with who gets picked as a permanent staff person at NIH."