Best for those who solve and evolve - Senior Res Sci Battelle Employee Review

5.0
20 Feb 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Opportunity to work on tough challenges with some brilliant peers. Drive to stay sharp technically. Finally diversifying. Lots of internal research grants for people with defensible value propositions. Dim prospects for those who choose to complain about, and wait for, management to illuminate their daily paths.

Cons

$3B+ in revenue begets bureaucracy even after streamlining. Serving govt constrains riskier ventures. Arrogant confidence is our greatest strength and weakness.

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5.0
22 June 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Nice people, every other friday off, challenging

Cons

lower pay, and location at times

1.0
4 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

They pay my salary on time.

Cons

-They are run like grad school. They have you compete against your co-workers for funding, they consider rules and laws as simple impediments to be overcome by capricious edicts, they will treat you like a rented mule if you let them. I have come to the conclusion that senior management cares very little about work conditions or employees, only about the bottom line. This experience has significantly changed my opinion of not-for-profit companies. If you are a researcher looking for an open and collaborative environment with shared goals, I suggest you look elsewhere.

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