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      Rothamsted Research

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      Rothamsted Research Reviews

      3.5

      61% would recommend to a friend

      (55 total reviews)
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      Martin Broadley

      100% approve of CEO

      42% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.9

      Diversity and inclusion

      3.9

      Work/Life balance

      3.6

      Culture and values

      2.9

      Senior management

      2.8

      Compensation and benefits

      2.8

      Career opportunities

      Rothamsted Research has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 55 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Rothamsted Research employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Agriculture industry (3.7 stars).

      Reviews by job title

      55 reviews
      3.0
      3 Aug 2023

      No progression in sight

      Scientific specialist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Scientific aims are great, but made to feel like you are lucky to be working here. Staff members are usually very friendly and helpful. Wide range of scientific equipment available but not always the staff to use them!

      Cons

      Lack of transparency and openness regarding the progression of staff, management decisions, and economic relationships with the commercial arm Rothamsted Enterprises, coupled with increased work load on staff to provide business services, as those in the business services do not seem to have the time to follow our specific requests. Overall management are forcing a toxic competitive culture between staff members rather than collaboration. No inflation linked pay rises for around 5 years maybe longer.

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      Rothamsted Research Response
      2y
      Thank you for your comments and taking the time to leave a review. We are working hard to give the best experience for our employees and our career development framework is currently under review. Your feedback will be very useful.
      5.0
      23 Nov 2020

      Great research institute

      Bioinformatics product owner
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      friendly and super smart colleagues, crucial crop science research covered, excellent facilities, amazing people, and general infrastructure, decent pay, excellent social life

      Cons

      Long term job security is inconsistent (has been great for me but occasionally erratic short contracts for other colleagues), Research payscale lags behind industrial/commercial options, career progression slow

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      Rothamsted Research Response
      5y
      Our contracts are based on funding available so unfortunately some of our positions are on a short-term contract due to financial constrictions. Rothamsted Research is a not for profit charity and therefore we need to ensure that our pay scales reflect this.
      2.0
      11 Feb 2020

      Was good, now it's awful.

      Postdoctoral research scientist
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      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Great facilities, you can go from bench to field here.

      Cons

      Absolutely awful staff morale for 3+ years now. Redundancies keep happening, no forward movement despite multiple reviews of the scientific programme. No career progression, below average pay when compared to other institutes and universities. Low numbers of women getting promotions or in higher management (in the science departments). No matter how many hours postdocs slog out, we are never rewarded, or even acknowledged.

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