NIH reviews

4.1

80% would recommend to a friend

(2,341 total reviews)
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Francis S. Collins

82% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

NIH has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 2,341 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The NIH employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

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2.0
Feb 25, 2012
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Pros

Fantastic mission, If you really want to feel connected to something larger than yourself where biomedical research is on the cutting edge that could one day make breakthrough discovery, you buy into the mission.

Cons

I found the culture to be unhealthly. I worked in an administrative, operational environment. There was the formal hierarcy, but also the shadow culture where decisions are made about who gets promoted, groomed, etc. There was little opportunity to penetrate that structure. Needless to say, and an outflow of that, was a lack of diversity, i.e., there was little or no opportunity, no matter how talented you are, to get out of the operational environment.

3.0
Feb 22, 2012

Access to world class research opportunities

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The best reasons to work at NIH include access to excellent resources, opportunities to attend seminars presented by top researchers, and many networking opportunities.

Cons

The downside of working at NIH as a research fellow is the need for improved work-life balance.

3.0
Feb 2, 2012

Just so-so

Anonymous employee
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Pros

great benefits for health care

Cons

Tension among contractors and permanent employees doing the same job

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