Intern at Battelle in Columbus - Property Accounting Battelle Employee Review

4.0
May 1, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Supervisors/managers are incredibly supportive of interns and help make sure they know the background of all of their tasks (i.e. why they have to do them, what they affect, etc) which makes doing some of the paper pushing tolerable. Pay is decent and hours are very flexible for part-time interns.

Cons

Within finance/accounting departments, it seems like there are many employees who have gotten a job because they knew someone within the organization. This makes it hard to see the employees as high-performing and I tend to see them as part of a long chain of favoritism. Also, none of the employees strike me as employees with high aspirations. Most of them seem to be very happy with their jobs and would love to stay in them for many years to come (which is why a large portion of people in Battelle have worked there for 15+ years). These may be pros to some people, but I'd rather have a more competitive environment.

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Cons

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1.0
Jun 4, 2026
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Pros

They pay my salary on time.

Cons

-They are run like grad school. They have you compete against your co-workers for funding, they consider rules and laws as simple impediments to be overcome by capricious edicts, they will treat you like a rented mule if you let them. I have come to the conclusion that senior management cares very little about work conditions or employees, only about the bottom line. This experience has significantly changed my opinion of not-for-profit companies. If you are a researcher looking for an open and collaborative environment with shared goals, I suggest you look elsewhere.

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