Beware- Organization in Chaos - Anonymous employee AAAS Employee Review

1.0
May 24, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Mission-driven aspects of AAAS well-intentioned, many passionate, dedicated staff, meaningful mission and work. A lot of tenure across the organization.

Cons

Think twice before accepting an offer with AAAS at this time. The things that have made the organization great are buried among cutthroat senior staff who are running AAAS into the ground. If you're not part of the "executive club" you have to watch your back. Preferential treatment clearly given to friends of HR and executive management. HR is unsafe and has a lot of turnover. Basically things across AAAS are in complete chaos.

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Pros

Great mission. Huge name/role in the international scientific community. Very capable colleagues.

Cons

People are worked to the bone with no clear path to promotion or pay increases. Dreadful compensation for anyone sub-senior level, and the perks don't make up for it. Highly intelligent and devoted staff are undervalued, especially considering the organization's role in the world of scientific research (Science is a source for about half of the science stories in mainstream media and the journal of record on Nobel Prize-winning research). The justification is they're a nonprofit and their brand recognition leads to superior opportunities, which isn't wrong. Too bad those opportunities only exist elsewhere. Diversity is a mixed bag—staff represent all kinds of ethnic and geographical backgrounds with solid gender parity; however, you won't find many ordinary people who believe quality of life goes hand in hand with income and job security. Perhaps that comes with the territory in a space closely aligned with academia.

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