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      Battelle

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      Battelle reviews

      3.5

      55% would recommend to a friend

      (994 total reviews)
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      Lou Von Thaer

      54% approve of CEO

      52% positive business outlook

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      Battelle has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 994 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Battelle employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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      994 reviews
      3.0
      Jun 16, 2015

      Having trouble with change

      Project manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Great history; some really smart scientists; if you can handle finding projects on your own, you are golden; great opportunities, if you can handle the process to enable them

      Cons

      Management is focused on short-time frames and don't have patience beyond a six-month window; with the contraction in government spending, things have been difficult; management doesn't realize that small projects lead to big projects, and stay focused only on "big" wins; benefits are being reduced year after year

      2.0
      Feb 20, 2015

      Was good, going downhill fast

      Engineer ii
      Recommend
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      Pros

      I used to love my job. Interesting projects depending on the group you are in, talented people around every corner. Vast amounts of brick, mortar, equipment, resources and history. Some opportunity to learn from people with incredible specialized skills. Battelle promotes community charity work.

      Cons

      Costs are too high for the industry, support staff heavy. Management lost sight of what drives commercial industry, wants back in, but culture is incompatible. Risk-averse environment hostile to new thinking. Clicks, much like high school, nearly everyone is born and raised in Ohio (to the non-Ohio born, you will be labeled a non-team player) Best to kiss up to project managers, assignments are based on favoritism and seniority, not skill. Technology updates are badly needed in some areas, beyond stagnation, to the point of loosing important capabilities. Buildings regularly being torn down. Pension plan was dropped for younger employees, kept for the older employees creating a caste system of sorts. Health plan was great, now mediocre and going away by 2017 to HSA only. Client work is coveted, non-client or internal customer work will backwater your career, and put you first-in-line for forced PTO (or worse) when sequester or cyclical hard times call. Cafeteria costs are high. Layoffs are now a common weekly occurrence.

      1.0
      Jun 20, 2019

      Toxic, shady, and unethical. Don’t work here.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great company to have on a resume; Many different resource groups to get involved with; Great café; Incredible society-changing work being done.

      Cons

      My time at Battelle has been a rough ride. Leadership is very inconsistent and the culture is toxic. I’ve seen people who have poured their entire careers into Battelle get let go because of their age and management wants fresh talent. More than anything, Battelle is absolutely shady and crooked. Unwarranted investigations that lead to dedicated employees being terminated. It’s sad that people give 10, 20, or 30+ years to Battelle only to find out they are just a number and have never been valued.

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