NSF reviews

2.7

42% would recommend to a friend

(521 total reviews)
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Pedro Sancha

35% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

NSF has an employee rating of 2.7 out of 5 stars, based on 521 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The NSF employee rating is 27% below average for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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521 reviews
3.0
Aug 24, 2015

NSF is OK.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Large company that isn't going anywhere. There are always openings internally. I think NSF genuinely wants to be an employee conscious company.

Cons

Though there are opportunities for advancement, the logic behind filling those positions is not sound. You need to have the right friend, in the right place, at the right time. Though - I suspect that is a theme in corporate America in general. In my opinion, management is naive to how employees actually feel. There is high turnover.

1.0
Aug 21, 2015

Poor management

Recommend
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Pros

Nice building, cafeteria, free coffee, soda, tea. Decent benefits package for singles... Not for couples or families.

Cons

Management is so disconnected from the employees they don't know how to do the processes anymore. Most mangers do not have any management skills and are not accountable for anything. Many push all responsibilities on to staff and take credit for everything.

2.0
Aug 20, 2015

Dead end

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Pros

-Number of Paid Time Off days is rather generous, although due to sometimes over specialization, in the lab at least, sometimes you are frowned upon if you use all of the allotted days because if you're gone, stuff under your umbrella doesn't get done. -Salary is pretty standard.

Cons

There are good employees here at NSF, but there is never a plan to advance those throughout the company. There has been employees that have left because even though everyone thought they deserved to fill vacancies higher up, they get passed aside. On the other hand, there are other employees who everyone knows (including their managers) that they are literally 1/2 as productive (we produce data, therefore stuff like that is traceable), are unwilling to conform to standard practices (which in a testing lab, testing to standard methods is vital), hostile to other workers, yet they are allowed to continue without reprimand. As others have noted, the training is non-existent, and internal safety practices are left by the wayside. Raises have been smaller and smaller each year, yet each year, the disclosed amount the the companies 990 form for CEO Keven Lawlor keeps getting larger and larger. In 2013, Keven received a total of $2,503,542 in compensation. Keep in mind NSF is a Non for profit organization.

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