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Good place for a young researcher - Anonymous employee US Economic Research Service Employee Review

3.0
Oct 17, 2017
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Almost exclusively research oriented. A fair amount of freedom as long as one stays within the agency objectives (and sometimes away from overly politically controversial topics...). A lot of management support, get to work closely with lots of great researchers. Lot's of options to progress within the federal government, or back into academia.

Cons

Typical bureaucratic BS that comes with government employment. Inconsistent messages from different management units.

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Cons

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