Does ATCC pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, ATCC employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at ATCC. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at ATCC?

55% of ATCC employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated ATCC 3.4 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at ATCC?

Biologist (35) , Senior Biologist (21) , Associate Biologist (13) , Manager (7) , Associate Repository Technician (4) , Customer Service Representative (4) , Director (4) , Project Coordinator (4) , Repository Technician (4) , Program Manager (3) , Scientist (3) , Senior Scientist (3) , Technician (3) , Anonymous (2) , Associate Operations Technician (2)

What are the pros of working at ATCC according to real employee reviews?

"good benefits" ((in 32 reviews)); "I worked with some really great people at ATCC (both management and front line team members)." ((in 22 reviews)); "back work environment." ((in 9 reviews)); "Friendly coworkers." ((in 8 reviews)); "flexible hours and laid back work environment" ((in 8 reviews))

What are the cons of working at ATCC according to real employee reviews?

"The salaries are low for the area because they have the monopoly on the biotech business in the northern Virginia area." ((in 19 reviews)); "Poor management" ((in 17 reviews)); "Arrogant and incompetent leadership." ((in 7 reviews)); "There is virtually no investment in novel technologies at this company due to the "change is bad" culture, for example they are just now starting to do Next Gen Sequencing when this has been available since the mid 2000's." ((in 6 reviews)); "Morale is incredibly low." ((in 6 reviews))

What are employees saying about ATCC layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about ATCC layoffs and their outlook for job security at ATCC in 2026.

What are the top reviewed ATCC locations?

Manassas , Gaithersburg , Frederick , Washington , Nutley , Ruckersville , Bristow , Centreville , Germantown , Rockville

ATCC reviews

3.2

55% would recommend to a friend

(264 total reviews)

Ruth Cheng

61% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Diversity & inclusion

3.6

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Culture & values

3.4

Work/Life balance

3.1

Career opportunities

2.9

Senior management

ATCC has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 264 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The ATCC employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

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Reviews by job title

264 reviews

1.0

Jun 10, 2010

Good for new college graduates

R&d biologist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

flexible hours and laid back work environment good benefits

Cons

No promotions, other companies evaluate performances and give fair promotions, ATCC forces managers not to give good evaluations to prevent promotions alot of favortism and HR cannot do anything for the employees If the CEO doesn't like you, he will make sure you are fired Many good and smart people left because the CEO thinks it is his company and he can do whatever he wants Due to the company restructuring I had to leave because the whole R&D department was dissolved

2.0

May 17, 2010

A place to get great experience but there isn't any career advancement.

Biologist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

ATCC has a very laid-back work environment. There are excellent benefits and you definitely don't have to worry about job security here. The company has a great reputation (from what I've heard from people in the outside world). I've met some great people here and overall most are great to work with(not including supervisory/manager positions).

Cons

Due to the company restructuring, it is nearly impossible to get a promotion. There is no room for career advancement at all. Favortism runs rampant here within certain departments which really effects the morale of the employees. The people here who work really hard are often overlooked and expected to clean up the messes of the employees who could care less about having their job. Higher level education (not including a doctorate degree) doesn't mean much here. Having a M.S. here doesn't affect starting salaries, it only counts as a couple of years of experience when trying to get a promotion.

2.0

Dec 22, 2011

Secured job for mediocores but no growth opportunity

Senior biologist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good working atmosphere , work life balanece consideration

Cons

compenstation below market level, career growth virtually zero

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