Great place for scientists; not a great place if you're not - Anonymous employee NSF Employee Review

Lack of effective management throughout the agency. Scientists with little or no management acumen or interest are asked to manage both the work and the people of the organization. Many of NSF's scientist-managers are on temporary appointments and therefore have no stake in the development/growth of the staff or in fixing systemic problems at the agency. The deleterious effects of relying on scientist-managers throughout the organization are profound.