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National Ecological Observatory Network

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Administrative Distopia - Senior Technician National Ecological Observatory Network Employee Review

3.0
Jan 19, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Great work locations around the country. Diverse projects and systems within the project. Decent tuition reimbursement program to further your education.

Cons

Constant shuffling of upper management and admin processes. Bizarre working schedule that strains common sense. For each 2 week period you work 44 hours the first week and 36 the next, so you get every other Friday off. But, the way they made this possible without paying overtime for that first week is by making the work week start at 12 pm on Friday. So you have to work 9 hour days Monday through Thursday, then split your time on Friday between the two work weeks in the pay period. It isn’t clear whether or not this is all worth it because you get every other Friday off. In practice you have to work 44 hours every other week, and you feel it. The real kicker is when you take time off you need to use 9 hours of your paid time off, but we aren’t accruing time off any faster. Feels like a backdoor fix from upper management to save some money at the expense of workers’ home life.

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