Extremely Stressful and Micromanaged - Anonymous employee RTI International Employee Review

2.0
May 11, 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Upper management is open to new ideas and suggestions.

Cons

-timesheet (you charge to the minute basically) I’ve had to fill out time sheets for almost every job I’ve worked at and this is by far the worst system -extreme focus on funding and staying within a certain number of hours for projects which can lead to less quality of work -people don’t really care if you are happy with the work you are doing; they care more about if you have enough work and are super overworked like everyone else is -the organization loves to say they offer many employee groups and wellness information sessions but then do not allow you to charge time for it (they promote work life balance but when it comes down to it, it’s not supported)

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Pros

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Cons

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