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Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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Formerly 1st class organization challenged by poor leadership and changing culture. - Manager Howard Hughes Medical Institute Employee Review

3.0
Nov 3, 2013
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Pros

Institute still commands respect as prestigious scientific research organization. COO bringing basic business management practices to running non profit and attempting to build some cohesiveness to the scientific and non-scientific communities.

Cons

Horizontal organization. Limited to no transparency regarding merit increases or promotions. HR has done a poor job of monitoring compliance with stated policies and procedures.

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5.0
Mar 24, 2026
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Pros

Good salary, good benefits, HHMI doesn't bother you much

Cons

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2.0
May 11, 2026
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Pros

You're working on contributing to cutting edge & advanced biomedical research with world leaders.

Cons

Compensation is regularly divorced from what your workload and scope of responsibilities looks like, and does not scale accordingly.

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