NSF reviews

To say the management is abusive would be a disservice to abusive managers. This place is beyond dysfunctional. The worst employees are promoted, while the best employees are given the most degrading tasks and left to toil in dead end positions. Employees are punished for approaching HR about unfair treatment. You are unable to create a career path and develop yourself if you are not one of the favored employees. If you have a family and care about them this is not the place for you. I witnessed one employee be punished and degraded for asking for 3 additional days of vacation to spend with his newborn because she had to have several emergency surgeries. The employee was told he did not care enough about NSF and that he did not have a plan for someone to do his work in his absence.

I worry everyday about my job because I'm always afraid our department won't make budget (when in reality, I don't have much control of what work is being brought in). I don't feel like I have very much room to grow - but that might be OK because when you're at a higher status, you're on the radar for getting chopped. I also worry about the yearly review. Some goals that are set not reasonable to achieve with your daily workload.