2.0
May 7, 2012
Recommend
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Business Outlook
Pros
Battelle is a large company that heavily recruits from the university pipeline. If you are looking to follow a traditional model for employment and advancement it is a good place to start.
Cons
Leadership is limited by a lack of vision. As a collection of business units (small businesses), it is poorly positioned to compete for contracts. The fully burdened costs required to keep the business profitable as a non-profit corporation prevents the company from being successful in market sectors with tight margins. Battelle depends on clients willing to pay premium prices for services based on their name alone. At the end of the day most services are subcontracted anyway.