Doing great work for humanity - Anonymous employee Battelle Employee Review

5.0
Aug 29, 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Leadership team has a clear vision for the future and a strategic plan to get us there. - Get to apply my skills and knowledge to real-world problems without the need to feed stockholders. - People matter and there is a lot of focus on continuous improvement of the culture. - Opportunities to develop career and work in areas outside my technical discipline. - Ability to work from home or office.

Cons

- Fairly flat structure, which can limit upward mobility. - Because we work with many federal agencies, we have to deal with government bureaucracy. - Some managers have large groups of employees, which limits their availability.

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Cons

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