A Total Mess - Field Technician National Ecological Observatory Network Employee Review

Complete lack of communication between compartments. The field managers are constantly changing their minds about dates and procedures. There is extreme micromanagement where field employees are not able to talk to anyone outside the department, but concerns are not addressed by the managers. There is no possible way to implement the field protocol in the time allocated and most domains have never finished a full season of measurements. It's as if the whole project was designed by people who have never managed or conducted research. It's an environment where you are censured for asking questions, which goes against scientific principle.