Battelle reviews

3.5

55% would recommend to a friend

(993 total reviews)
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Lou Von Thaer

54% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Battelle has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 993 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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1.0
Jan 28, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

A lot of the people you work with are legitimately great and intelligent. Having the opportunity for community outreach is wonderful.

Cons

The more “senior” scientists are shady, cutthroat (for no reason), and see themselves above everyone else when in actuality they are at the same level. They will literally yell at you in front of colleagues, demean you, take credit for your work, purposely sabotage you, and go behind your back to spread lies about you to managers, (but be nice to your face). The managers are just as complicit and will side with their senior scientists every time, not go to HR on your behalf, lie about you to upper management and other people, and attempt to strong arm you into signing shady documents to protect themselves at your expense.

3.0
Jan 19, 2025

Dicey

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pro tip for the fellow scientists out there: stick around for the projects, leave before they force you into a management role. The project work is worthwhile. They pay well, ok 401k match, health benefits are fine. They do not give much PTO time, and are even less likely to approve time off. You will work hard on amazing projects, surrounded by burnt out experts in their fields. It's one of the few places in the Columbus area that can afford postdoctorate salaries, and they will burn you out of wanting a career with them. Get a job with them, stay for a couple years for the resume building, then get out unless you have a passion for management of high turn-over rate teams.

Cons

Burn-out no pension Odd hours Lack of control of own projects micro-management Failure of projects frowned upon ripe for faulty analyses

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