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Physical Sciences reviews

3.7

68% would recommend to a friend

(39 total reviews)
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William J. Marinelli

31% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

Physical Sciences has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 39 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Physical Sciences employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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39 reviews
3.0
Nov 8, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

For a new Ph.D in their first industry job, PSI offers an opportunity to work on a lot of different projects and get exposed to a lot of different technologies, which is a great benefit.

Cons

The downside to this is that your experience may be only skin-deep on many things, working for 6 months at a time on a variety of short-term SBIR projects.

5.0
Mar 22, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

I learned so much in my year and a half at PSI, mostly because the job involved wearing a lot of hats and being very self-motivated. The compensation and benefits made the long hours worth it. I learned to manage a budget, manage a schedule, manage a team, and juggle multiple projects with competing deadlines. After my postdoc it was a nice change to transparency into the financials of the company and how the grant writing process works. I like absolutely everybody at the company, they're all very brilliant and fun to work with and learn from.

Cons

With such fast-paced schedules it can be difficult to get the time you need to really do the tasks right. Also, as with most companies with an engineering and physics emphasis, there are not a lot of women, so there was not a lot of understanding when it came to being a new mother. Opportunities are hot and cold, learn to diversify or else risk losing everything.

4.0
Sep 8, 2016

Principal Scientist

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great working environment, salary, time off, benefits, flexibility and co-workers. This is an established company and is a place for a long-term career. Pay and bonuses are very fair and there is a lot of upward mobility.

Cons

Depending on who you work under your day-to-day can be as stressful as graduate school. Writing proposals and winning them is expected for this position and most other positions. You need to be a quick study with new topics and good in a laboratory environment.

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