Good place for postdoc - Anonymous employee NIH Employee Review

3.0
Mar 8, 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Many resources for postdocs, both scientific and career. Salary is better than at a university.

Cons

Being a postdoc is a horrible experience. We are mistreated and grossly underpaid. That said, NIH is the best place to do a postdoc.

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Pros

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

Cons

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4.0
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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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