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Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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Unfortunate squandering of endowment - Senior Manager Howard Hughes Medical Institute Employee Review

1.0
Apr 7, 2014
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Pros

nice facilities, great benefits if you like a gossipy non-productive workplace, you'll like it here

Cons

crazies and lazies - those who keep their heads down (close to the leadership buttocks) have a fighting chance of making it through 20+ years of drudgery and retiring well. those that are actually motivated to do good work, not just say what leadership wants to hear, will not succeed in this environment.

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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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