Pros
-Number of Paid Time Off days is rather generous, although due to sometimes over specialization, in the lab at least, sometimes you are frowned upon if you use all of the allotted days because if you're gone, stuff under your umbrella doesn't get done. -Salary is pretty standard.
Cons
There are good employees here at NSF, but there is never a plan to advance those throughout the company. There has been employees that have left because even though everyone thought they deserved to fill vacancies higher up, they get passed aside. On the other hand, there are other employees who everyone knows (including their managers) that they are literally 1/2 as productive (we produce data, therefore stuff like that is traceable), are unwilling to conform to standard practices (which in a testing lab, testing to standard methods is vital), hostile to other workers, yet they are allowed to continue without reprimand. As others have noted, the training is non-existent, and internal safety practices are left by the wayside. Raises have been smaller and smaller each year, yet each year, the disclosed amount the the companies 990 form for CEO Keven Lawlor keeps getting larger and larger. In 2013, Keven received a total of $2,503,542 in compensation. Keep in mind NSF is a Non for profit organization.