Government Emplyment - Anonymous employee NIH Employee Review

1.0
28 Sept 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Set hours (if not professional), many dedicated professionals, guaranteed salary, interesting and important work, paid government holidays, opportunity to make a difference in health of nation and world.

Cons

Too much bureaucracy, professional staff underpaid, impossible to fire incompetent employees, bad career employees get promoted to management because good people get frustrated and leave, awful office conditions.

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