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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
      4.0
      Dec 15, 2012

      Great people, heavy bureaucracy.

      Scientist iii
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      I really enjoyed working around some of the brightest people in the world and working on projects of national importance. The technology, science, and exposure to real world problems is first rate.

      Cons

      Big fish in a small pond - there's nowhere else really to job shop against, and they know this. Salaries are pretty good once you get a few bumps, but people work here for decades, so promotions are slow. Layers of bureaucracy drag some people down.

      2.0
      Dec 10, 2012

      It's a good place to be from... Better if you're technical...

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      * still has a pension and 401K (pension doesn't matter much anymore to younger staff) * on-site gym * great opportunities for tech staff to work on a variety of impactful projects

      Cons

      * support staff are significantly undervalued * a chosen few advance by stepping on others and getting rid of them when they get in the way * much better for technical staff than support * largely putting all of their eggs in the government basket foretells a crash and burn if/when fiscal cliff happens * used to be a good place to work - now it's a good place to be from

      3.0
      Nov 26, 2012

      Benefits rapidly have been diminishing over the last few years, seems at times to be a bias towards male employees

      Senior research scientist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Flexible work schedule and okay benefits and the work is usually varied and interesting.

      Cons

      Lower level scientists are more and more burdened by the actual work yet receive little reward and are the most vulnerable when lay offs are on the horizon. Educational benefits (ie, tuition reimbursement) is being phased out and is harder to obtain. Pensions have been cut back in recent years, as well as the matched contribution to 401Ks. Upper management are almost always retained and promoted despite chronic poor performance, while early career scientists are readily laid off when funds are tight.

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