Low morale among employees - Anonymous employee Battelle Employee Review

2.0
Oct 17, 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great people to work with and the work life balance is also great. There always seems to be something different and interesting to work on.

Cons

Upper level management has ruined the culture of the company. There are way too many layers of management and their only concern is to further their own careers not to look out for their direct reports.

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Cons

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