NIH reviews

4.1

80% would recommend to a friend

(2,341 total reviews)
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Francis S. Collins

82% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

NIH has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 2,341 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The NIH employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

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4.0
Sep 20, 2013

Fantastic place to work

Recommend
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Pros

Has resource to test high risk idea, regularly invite big sharks in academic and industry for talks. Flexible working time.

Cons

You know how would you will be within 20 year. Efficiency of administration is low. Strict regulation for oversea meeting

4.0
Sep 13, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

1. Good exposure to many different areas of biomedical research. 2. Offer many opportunities to interact with fellows and PI (but one needs to be more outgoing, "step out of the comfort zone". 3. Still not too constrained by budget restrictions although money has become tighter and tigher.

Cons

1. Bureaucracy is slowly killing off the good joy of doing science. Nowadays, support personel (secretary, office manager, HR) has become your boss. More and more rules are put in place to restrict reagent purchase, travel, etc. 2. Strangely, one can feel very isolated in this place. A lot of internal bickering, elbowing can be seen in many groups. One needs to step out of his group, interact with other labs to fully benefit the opportunities, otherwise, you can be left in your own corner. Speak up, step out to get help, no one will come to you willingly to provide help.

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