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Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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Howard Hughes Medical Institute reviews

4.3

84% would recommend to a friend

(459 total reviews)
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Erin O'Shea

81% approve of CEO

75% positive business outlook

Howard Hughes Medical Institute has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 459 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Howard Hughes Medical Institute employee rating is 21% above average for employers within the Nonprofit & NGO industry (3.6 stars).

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459 reviews
4.0
Jan 22, 2018

Very good work place.

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Pros

Strong research program in science, neuroscience in particular. People with vastly different background work in the same building, making collaboration easy.

Cons

Location. It is located in the middle of nowhere. This creates so many problems when you have a family. Many people commute for one to two hours if they have a spouse working here.

3.0
Dec 26, 2015

Great benefits

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Pros

Excellent benefits; onsite fitness center; great cafeteria; Food for Thought seminars were very cool.

Cons

Overworked. They had to hire two people to take over for me when I left.

4.0
Aug 20, 2015

Employee experience is heavily manager-dependent

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Pros

HHMI is a company with great benefits and had an environment supportive of a work/life balance. Janelia Research Campus is a beautiful place to work and is filled with smart people who are doing interesting things, but not everyone raves about their work experience or growth opportunities. I've personally had sufficient opportunities for advancement that I've stuck around for a while, but most of that is because the managers I've worked for cared about me.

Cons

There are too many managers, and some of them seem to create obstacles for the people under them instead of removing them so they can perform to their full potential. There's a lack of trust and effective communication between and within some departments that really hinders progress on some long-term projects.

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