Is The Scripps Research Institute a good company to work for?

The Scripps Research Institute has an overall rating of 4.2 out of 5, based on over 681 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months. 84% of employees would recommend working at The Scripps Research Institute to a friend and 64% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about The Scripps Research Institute have been left by employees working as Postdoctoral Fellow , Intern and Research Intern .

Does The Scripps Research Institute pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, The Scripps Research Institute employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at The Scripps Research Institute. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at The Scripps Research Institute?

84% of The Scripps Research Institute employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated The Scripps Research Institute 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 4.0 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at The Scripps Research Institute?

Postdoctoral Research Associate (51) , Postdoctoral Fellow (42) , Research Associate (34) , Research Assistant (33) , Graduate Student (30) , Research Technician (20) , Postdoctoral Associate (16) , Staff Scientist (16) , Research Intern (13) , Intern (12) , PhD Graduate Student (11) , Lab Assistant (8) , Postdoctoral Researcher (8) , Research Assistant II (8) , PhD Student (7)

What are the pros of working at The Scripps Research Institute according to real employee reviews?

"People are great and it is growing fast" ((in 46 reviews)); "Good Benefits and good support from the CPSO" ((in 35 reviews)); "great facilities and services; core facilities for science and human resource services." ((in 15 reviews)); "Very cutting edge research and great colleagues" ((in 14 reviews)); "supportive and learned a lot" ((in 14 reviews))

What are the cons of working at The Scripps Research Institute according to real employee reviews?

"The pay is low for postdoctoral researchers." ((in 48 reviews)); "Low salary and unclear employee development plans" ((in 34 reviews)); "Try to find some roommates because the federally mandated postdoc wages are criminal in a place with cost of living like this." ((in 6 reviews)); "funding pressure is high for everyone." ((in 4 reviews)); "The CEO lacks empathy and has caused a lot of turmoil amongst leadership." ((in 3 reviews))

What are employees saying about The Scripps Research Institute layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about The Scripps Research Institute layoffs and their outlook for job security at The Scripps Research Institute in 2026.

What are the top reviewed The Scripps Research Institute locations?

La Jolla , San Diego , Jupiter , San Diego , Chicago , Los Alamitos , Los Angeles , National City , San Francisco , New Haven , Miami , Palm Beach Gardens , West Palm Beach , UC Berkeley

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4.2

84% would recommend to a friend

(619 total reviews)

Peter Schultz

79% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

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4.0

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3.9

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3.5

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3.5

Senior management

3.4

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The Scripps Research Institute has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 619 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The The Scripps Research Institute 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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1.0

Jan 4, 2016

My experience was the worst of my life

Postdoctoral research associate

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Pros

There basic are no good sides in my experience. It was a complete waste of my time. The people I worked with should be in jail! The institute should lose its federal funding....sounds bad right. Hate to write stuff like this but people need to know be for going!

Cons

My co-workers were sexual harassed. The institute retaliated against me for reporting it. This spiraled into death threats by co-workers to my family. I could not get the institute to do anything to help me!

1.0

Aug 25, 2016

Violation with NIH policy of stipend levels for post doctoral research asscociates

Research associate

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Pros

Research work can be good based on which lab you join. Only if your PI understands the importance and relevance of breakthrough research, which should be applicable to human diseases to great extent. If you really get a good PI and really good salary then join otherwise find some other.

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Open violation of NIH policy and rules regarding the stipend levels. Even if you perform much better than any other post docs, you will not get any promotion neither you will get the stipend as per the rules of NIH for the stipend levels based on years of experience, even if your track record of awards publications and conference presentations is good and above the other post docs who do not perform and do not have worked out studies. Clear discrimination between Americans and third world country post docs. Shame. NIH should take serious actions against such institutes and principal investigators who are biased and violate the NIH rules.

1.0

Apr 20, 2016

If you get a job somewhere else, take it!

Anonymous employee

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Pros

The only pro is that it has the name.

Cons

The CEO is a horrible. The same day he was announced as president he was outside the institute showing off his new $200,000 BMW super car despite the institutions terrible financial standing. Grants are hard to get because of the insanely high institutional overhead. In fact most refuse to even give grants to Scripps because f the overhead. The compensation is way bellow average and they keep people in positions they are overqualified for so they don't have to pay them more.

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