Great company with pension still intact - Epidemiologist Battelle Employee Review

5.0
Jun 3, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

I work at a government location as a Battelle contractor. Battelle is considered one of the best contracting company around. They value their employees and show it with a pension that is still intact decades after similar companies have phased theirs out. They negotiate great salaries for their employees and really went to bat for us when the government shut down last year. We were one of the only contracting companies that continued to pay employees during shut down.

Cons

Second-class citizen when viewed against government employees (FTEs).

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5.0
Jun 22, 2026
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Pros

Nice people, every other friday off, challenging

Cons

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1.0
Jun 4, 2026
Recommend
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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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