WORST COMPANY EVER! - Field Interviewer RTI International Employee Review

1.0
Apr 28, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

expense reimbursement, hotel stays, meet new people

Cons

They pretend that the culture of this business is that they are all a 'team'. They are not. My first day in the field I was immediately met with disrespect from the OS, clique-ish behavior, and the want for brown nosing because butt kissing white women is the ONLY way to survive this job. The people in the other reviews are either other white women or liars. The bad reviews actually reflect this company and their culture. My second day I was lied on that I threatened my OS, when that did not work to get me fired, the OS decided she would attempt to seat me in the furthest corner so that I would not be able to hear important information. I quit. I had enough. Now currently, my FS decided she would use my entire last paycheck to pay medical that I will not have next month, pretended she could not see my expense report, and will not explain how this happened (on purpose). If you are a black woman, DO NOT waste your time. I am not the only one this is happening to. A young Black lady I left behind is experiencing worse because she would not quit. If you don't quit they continuously lie on you, I dont know who are worst, the coworkers or the management. I will be filing a complaint with the EEOC.

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Pros

RTI has a good mission

Cons

Adaptation to sudden federal funding loss.

3.0
Jun 15, 2026
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Pros

Remote work and reasonable working hours

Cons

If you're a PhD who enjoys research and hopes to use empirical research skills at a research institute, you'll likely be disappointed as I was. Projects in my business unit were largely implementation projects that required very little creativity or data analysis. I was told by my manager that empirical-research projects are harder to come by and when those opportunities do arise, everyone wants them. Even then, project directors are very unwilling (in my experience) to let you branch out to other projects. Using any overhead time to work on your own research is also discouraged, so I ended up working on manuscripts in my personal time. And there's no funding to attend conferences either. On top of all of this, constant layoffs create an aura of uncertainty and the feeling that you're lucky to even be there even when compensation for similar roles in private sector is far better.

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