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Chemical Engineer, Gatihersburg, MD (June 22, 2008)



  • Employee Workplace: I have some flexibility in choosing my research and enough money to buy laboratory equipment and to ...   READ MORE

  • Interview & Recruiting: I applied for an NRC Postdoc Fellowship, which involves writing a research proposal, collecting refe...   READ MORE

  • Salary & Compensation: As of January, 2008, I make $96,282/yr. We have personnel reviews in the fall that are based on the...   READ MORE

  • Business Outlook: This is a federal research institution. We try to get money from Congress and from other gov't agen...   READ MORE

  • Research Scientist, Gaithersburg, MD (June 18, 2008)



  • Employee Workplace: Burdensome micromanagement. Management keeps setting the bar higher but makes it harder to get over....   READ MORE


  • Electronics Engineer, Gaithersburg, MD (August 28, 2006)



  • Employee Workplace: 1st comment - the approximate dates of employment don't allow entries before 1990 and I've worked a...   READ MORE

  • Interview & Recruiting: I spoke with two people in my interview. They were the Division Chief and the Group Leader. The D...   READ MORE


  • Supervisor, Berwick, PA (May 13, 2003)



  • Employee Workplace: The management team operates in an aggressive-defensive mode. Diversity is nearly non-existent. Ind...   READ MORE

  • Interview & Recruiting: The company uses the targeted selection process, in a board-style interview (usually 3 people). In ...   READ MORE

  • Salary & Compensation: $98,000 / year plus $8,000 performance bonus for 2002 performance.   READ MORE

  • Business Outlook: Morale is at a 3-year low, even though gross indicators of performance (e.g., capacity factor, unpl...   READ MORE

  • Graduate Research Assistant, Tuscaloosa, AL (May 5, 2003)



  • Employee Workplace: We are a professional consulting firm run as a part of NIST/MEP. We operate through the university ...   READ MORE

  • Interview & Recruiting: Interviews consisted of discussion of knowledge of topics in the field of Industrial engineering an...   READ MORE

  • Salary & Compensation: Full Tution waiver + stipend per month   READ MORE

  • Business Outlook: the company beleives in extending complete support from the university to the industries in the reg...   READ MORE





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