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      Battelle

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      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

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      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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      993 reviews
      5.0
      May 20, 2011

      I loved working for Battelle, and would work there again if I could.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Battelle is the most ethical company that I've ever worked for, and I was always proud to call myself a Battelle employee.

      Cons

      Battelle does contract work for other companies, so your employment is dependent on Battelle's success in winning and keeping those contracts. I left Battelle when it lost the contract for the government project that I worked for. (Battelle would have found another Battelle job for me, but I couldn't move to another state at that time.)

      2.0
      Apr 21, 2011

      Going downhill rapidly

      Project manager
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Many highly competent, highly experienced technical staff across a wide range of disciplines to use as resources -- especially valuable for someone fresh out of school, and for project managers staffing projects. Good benefits (formerly) and work flexibility. Interesting, challenging projects. Good autonomy (formerly) to pursue projects interesting to you. It's a great place to "be from" because it's reputation is not yet seriously declining outside of the organization.

      Cons

      Increasing management focus on short-term financial results. Excessive layers of management (someone in my former position would have FIVE layers of management between them and the CEO.) This in turn leads to high overhead burdens and makes selling projects more difficult because proposed costs to clients are too expensive. Inadequate capital equipment funds leading to aging, obsolete laboratory equipment. Declining benefits -- reduced pensions, reduced 401(K) contributions, reduced sick time, one week vacation taken away from staff with 25+ years.

      4.0
      Apr 5, 2011

      nice job

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      money is nice benefits are decent but they were being reduced as you read this

      Cons

      no deal breakers...they are very good with work/life balance issues

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