WAS good before Trump presidency started - Management Analyst NIH Employee Review

1.0
24 July 2025
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Pros

Great benefits, the career (non political) employees are generally fantastic overall and just want to do a good job, people are respectful of each other

Cons

I worked here for 10 years and the second Trump presidency was unlike anything I have ever seen before in my life. They came and and immediately tried to scare everyone that they would be fired, arrested for not complying with the executive branch's orders, and implemented tactics to make it as miserable as possible. Here are some examples: Day 1: requested a list of anyone whose work included DEI, fired those people Week 1: Froze all grants (80% of NIH's work) and refused to award the money to research. Went through research and terminated legit things for being "woke" (like sickle cell research) Week 2: removed remote work and mandated everyone back in office, people working in hallways just to comply and paying their own transit DOGE emailed employees and said we should all get private sector jobs because we would be more productive (AKA we're lazy) Week 3: Fired anyone on probation (who had been there less than 2 years) without notifying their manager, just reached out and told them they were fired Week 4: froze all of the credit cards for purchasing, couldnt even purchase medical gowns Month 2: DOGE walks around the hospital firing people on the spot for not bringing their badge This continued on and on

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5.0
24 May 2026
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Pros

Great benefits and good hours

Cons

If you’re not a liberal or progressive you will be the kid with lice. During the Biden admin your skin color is the only thing that mattered not your skill.

5.0
8 Apr 2026
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Pros

Brilliant mission focused colleagues, meaningful work that has a real impact, good benefits and work life balance.

Cons

The current administration turned the well oiled machine into chaos, disrupting funding, research, travel, and more. I’ve heard that it is improving, but still constantly changing and a chaotic environment. I know it will one day get back to the amazing place it was.

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