Allen Institute Reviews

Extremely poor middle and upper management. No one plans adequately for the future. Most of the the upper and middle management seems to be just talking amongst themselves in endless meetings and seminars while neglecting to decide on anything. Most of these meetings have no agenda and no minutes. Upper management does not consider ideas or improvements that originate from lower in the organizational hierarchy.

-Very low pay according to the industry standards and the salary barely grows to cover inflation -No career opportunities - your promotion really depends on who you talked to rather than achievements. No system for evaluation of scientists work. -Software engineers are paid more and do less than scientists. Scientists are expected to do research, support infrastructure, present findings and bring money in grants. Too little pay and not enough freedom as in Academia. -Inconsistent politics: they could hire researchers to do the project, but will end it next year. Every year there are going to be reorganizations. No consistency in terms of the overall strategy. This year they wanted to do translational research, another year they do not want, then want to do it again. -Harmful politics: the research directions are determined by 1-2 people in the organization rather than everyones feedback. There is freedom on the seminars, but no real flexibility and understanding when it comes to decisions.