Pros
If your education and experience leads you to the Technical side of the Company, you will work with some of the most gifted and/or highly trained professionals in town, on some very interesting Contracts / Projects that will hopefully benefit the world through science. If you find yourself in the Business side of the Company, you will have joined a slowly sinking ship.
Cons
The sad saga of Battelle over the last ten years is a heartbreaker. It has become rife with unethical business dealings, corrupt HR practices, and rampant deceit and indecision. Discrimination and prejudice abound in all areas of the company, and begin from the Top down ... with Executive Management being comprised of an all-male, ultra-conservative, all-white, Right-Wing Christianist makeup. Retribution for dissenting views and opinions is swift and harsh. The Diversity Team of about 30 staff was completely dismantled a few years ago. Beehive mentality and group-thought and conformist behavior is now the Rule of the day. At the end of 2015 and beginning of 2016, a "Staffing Optimization Plan" led over 500 seasoned professionals over the age of 50 to the front door. A huge loss to both sides of the House. The company is reeling on the business side of operations. The various computer systems supporting operations are the biggest obstacle, and still do not work despite tens of millions of dollars used to implement and repair them over the last 10 years.