Poor management - Communications Officer European Forest Institute Employee Review

Good salary, very competitive benefits package, and flexibility with the home office policy. 35 vacation days per year. Great work environment and office to work in (Sant Pau Art Nouveau site). Excellent colleagues.

here is a degree of instability regarding the institution’s funding. Many contracts are temporary rather than permanent, and several departments are overly dependent on European project funding. The constant need to secure new funding makes it difficult to focus efforts on more corporate or institutional priorities. In some units, a certain level of micromanagement from heads undermines team trust.

EFI is a good reference in a CV.

Career prospects and advancement opportunities are practically non-existent. This organization is full of corruption and conflict of interests. If you are new member in a research team harassment is a daily experience. Senior management is old establishment that abuse their power to gain more financial means at expense of good scientific practice, excellence and honesty.