Pros
The company is involved in some pretty interesting research. The scientists and engineers that are on board are extremely intelligent and qualified and a lot of the work they do is cutting edge.
Cons
Management in general operates in a panic-reactionary mode. Battelle has a long history of promoting scientists to management levels as the next step in their "career" without the requisite for management capabilities- leading to less than capable managment. To add to this, there has been no clear management strategy in recent years. I've been at Battelle for just over 6 years. In that time, we've had 3 re-organizations, 2 CEOs, 3 CFOs, 3 layoffs, and countless changes in mid-level management. The current management group is working to create a leaner company and a business portfolio mirroring traditional defense contractors like Leidos. Management decisions are made in silos and then rolled out to the company without consideration of the day to day impact. Such changes have recently caused somewhat of an exodus of staff.