Battelle Employer Reviews

Very fast pace and client base. Expert delivery.

Great management.

I advanced three times over the seven years I worked there. I met alot of interesting people. The job was fairly easy. The hardest part was the shift work, but I got used to it.

Battelle is an awesome organization to work for. Their progressive approach to meeting the needs of its employees make it a premiere place to work. Flexible schedule allows for employees to take care of work and home.

The managment is only concerned about looking good in the eyes of upper levle managment.
they never do what is right for the cliants or the employes

I have loved working here for Battelle for over the past 8 years. I am sad that the project is over and that the great people that i have meet will all be going our seprate ways.

Has been a stable company.
Flexible workng hours.
Have learned diverse computer systems and analyses.
Management has made some poor decisions in resent years i.e. building facilities that can not be fully utilized.
The hardest and most enjoyable part of my job has been method development and trouble shooting.

fun • Working a twelve hour rotating shift consisting of working days and nightswork place

Battelle is an all around good job. A typical day at work challenging all the ACAMS in the morning and doing the DAAMS runs. Through out the day, pull samples when necessary. Along with any other duties that need to be done for that day. Co- workers are good to work with and management is good. Hardest part of the job is how technical all the data is – more... that we enter, and all of the chain of custody of all the samples – less

Battelle is the best company BY FAR for which I worked. Forward thinking organization with unique challenges and opportunities. Wonderful culture of diversity and inclusion. Broad range of experience.

This was the best job I ever had both in terms of the people I worked with, the wide variety of work I got to do and the pay.

Great company to work for. Pretty good work/life balance and benefits. Battelle has a good reputation with the community and is a prestigious place in Columbus to work. Management is relatively transparent and everyone I've ever worked with there has been extremely friendly and helpful.

On a typical day I perform method develop on new waste samples and perform normal extraction analysis on routine samples to support plant operations. I am responsible for training employees on hazards in the lab, hazards in their day job task and the proper ways of protecting themselves from those hazards using engineering controls, administrative controls – more... and personal protective equipment. – less

Their IT (CIT) department used to be a good one. I was there for five years and enjoyed coming to work every day. A reorganization took place in 2010 that forced upper management out - management that had been there over 25 years. CIT grew into a micro managed environment. Resentment grew and turnover went from 3-4 staff leaving per year to over a dozen – more... in a six month period. Management had little or no training for what they were in charge of. On those same lines new applications were pushed out with nothing more than a one hour class for CIT staff, who were then expected to support it. They used false allegations as the basis of write ups and dismissals, forcing those out who they deemed were "trouble." I got fed up and left on my own after being in a meeting where managers were discussing who to dismiss next and what "made up" reason they could use. Overall the company is still a good one, but if you are looking for a job in IT I wish you the best of luck. It's painful. – less

I worked at Battelle for over three years when I quit for another job. The work was fun and interesting, and the benefits were not great but were good for the Columbus area. My work schedule was flexible and i could take time off when needed. The people you get to work with are wonderful. Unfortunately, due to poor management, the company is really – more... struggling. Thereis a constant threat and fear by all employees of being laid off at any time, and the last several years they have let go of hundreds of employees each year. Moral is low, and when management was asked in a meeting what they would do about it, we were told that it was our own fault if there was poor moral. The hiring process is a popularity contest, and there is little room for professional growth. Overall, although Battelle is one of the better paying companies in the area, I would not recommend it. I did end up leaving for a job where i have fewer responsibilities, less stress, and get paid 50% higher. – less

The company uses flex schedule, the employees are all extremely intelligent and driven. Management can be bureaucratic at times but the individuals genuinely care about employees. The work is extremely challenging but the people make it highly enjoyable

was respected and valued as a good place to work. those opinions are decling within the company due to poor management and poor economy.

Variety of projects working with large government agencies and fortune 500 industrial companies. Excellent staff with innovative solutions to difficult problems

I enjoyed everything associated with Battelle and the medical research study on hearing loss in the military that I began and completed.

There are always interesting projects to work on as long as you stay in contact with the right people.

Working at Battelle as a strategic analyst was great. The customers trust you and treat you and your work and opinion with respect and it was probably the highest concentration of really smart people I've ever worked with.

Management was mixed, some great managers, some terrible. But not a bad group to work for overall.

Corporate culture though is – more... lethargic with the business instincts of a soon-to-be extinct Panda. Almost no desire to develop nascent opportunities into new business, and one of the least effective sales organizations I've encountered. Program Managers did nearly all of the business capture and keep the lights on.

The main business strategy was to pretty much wait for the competitors to fail, then move in. – less