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      National Cancer Institute Reviews

      4.4

      73% would recommend to a friend

      (295 total reviews)
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      Norman E Sharpless

      74% approve of CEO

      53% positive business outlook

      National Cancer Institute has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 295 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The National Cancer Institute employee rating is 21% above average for employers within the Government and public administration industry (3.6 stars).

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      295 reviews
      3.0
      18 Mar 2016

      Embarrassment of riches

      Tenure track investigator
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Excellent technical and animal resources. Excellent clinical research infrastructure. Possibility of many collaborations internally. General funding stability although rapidly loosing purchasing power due to inflation.

      Cons

      Poor institute level management in the Center for Cancer Research (intra-mural NIH). Complete lack of vision. Attitude of maintaining status quo even for underperforming research and clinical groups. Underutilized clinical center. Rapid loss of a critical mass of physician-scientists to the extramural community in recent years.

      3.0
      12 June 2016

      NCI similar to academic environment

      Lab manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Many resources for research, especially if you are well connected; tends to be a good old boy culture

      Cons

      bureaucracy of federal government prevails; leadership old guard; upward mobility very limited in science; administrators promoted often even though management messy and chaotic

      2.0
      29 Jan 2016

      postdoc

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      since PIs do not have pressure for funding, the pressure is less onto postdoc. Most labs are limited to small scale and sharing between the labs are common. Salary are better than school.

      Cons

      PIs may treat a postdoc like a technician, therefore, most postdoc may not be trained to be a postdoc and are not able to move to the next level. This means they are stuck at the postdoc phase. Also PI do not have pressure for publication, but without publication, postdoc can not find a job. period!

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