NIH is a great place to work. - Postdoctoral Fellow NIH Employee Review

5.0
Feb 16, 2014
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Pros

Many lab heads at NIH are leaders in their fields. The constant, desperate search for funding most scientists are familiar with is not an issue here. NIH has many resources available for career development.

Cons

There is more paperwork required to get some things done than at most universities. NIH is like a university campus with no students, so it lacks some of the qualities that a steady influx of optimistic young people brings to the lab environment.

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5.0
Jul 11, 2026
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Pros

Work-life balance, coworkers are good humans, and there is room to grow

Cons

Slow at times, but there are also very busy periods.

4.0
Jun 25, 2026
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Pros

Working with the some of the smartest scientists and clinicians in the world. So many learning opportunities. Kind patients. Allowed time to care for patients as there is no pressure of quotas by health insurance.

Cons

Nursing management can be verbally abusive with frequent retaliation and intimidation. As most older nurses have worked there for most of their career, they are dismissive of new perspectives and resistant to evidence-based practice.

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