3.0
May 10, 2017
Former employee, more than 8 years
Chevy Chase, MD
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook
Pros
Mission supporting basic Science is very good, incredible facilities at HQ (solid walls and doors, Top technology in conference rooms, campus environment, heavily subsidized cafeteria). Salaries are okay, benefits a bit above average (but trending downwards).
Cons
Management follows a "Higher Education" trend so each new President brings in new top tier leadership. Most are Scientists only slightly removed from working in a lab, so have very little understanding of true "business" operations. Yet mostly believe that because they are good/great Scientists, they can easily do good/great "business leadership". Unfortunately for HHMI staff, the transitive property in business operations does not work that way.