Does EMBL pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, EMBL employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at EMBL. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at EMBL?

93% of EMBL employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated EMBL 4.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.4 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at EMBL?

Postdoctoral Fellow (52) , PhD Student (43) , Predoctoral Fellow (21) , Software Engineer (14) , Intern (11) , Software Developer (10) , Project Manager (7) , Bioinformatician (6) , Postdoctoral Research Fellow (6) , Internship (5) , PhD Graduate Student (5) , Postdoctoral Researcher (5) , Research Scientist (4) , Assistant Administratif, Assistante Administrative (3) , Data Manager (3)

What are the pros of working at EMBL according to real employee reviews?

"Good salary and tax" ((in 31 reviews)); "it offer very good benefits" ((in 29 reviews)); "Great people and great environment" ((in 18 reviews)); "Great facilities." ((in 17 reviews)); "Great colleagues" ((in 12 reviews))

What are the cons of working at EMBL according to real employee reviews?

"can end up with a bad line manager, no career progression, 9 years limited for all terms unless you are on a special condition" ((in 8 reviews)); "Pension looks great at first glance, but delve a little deeper and it is actually a bit below the curve compared to that which you would expect from the average UK private sector equivalent" ((in 6 reviews)); "Difficulty with career development, esp." ((in 5 reviews)); "poor management" ((in 4 reviews))

What are the top reviewed EMBL locations?

Cambridge , Hinxton , London , Saffron Walden , Loughborough

EMBL Reviews

4.4

93% would recommend to a friend

(297 total reviews)

Edith Heard

91% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

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EMBL has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 297 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The EMBL employee rating is 25% above average for employers within the Pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

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297 reviews

3.0

26 Apr 2019

Not a place to develop a career

Bioinformatician

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Higher than average salary for academia. Nice Campus. Healthcare and allowances are generous.

Cons

Extremely nepotistic when it comes to career advancement: Racial Glass ceiling at certain grades

1.0

7 Apr 2016

it at ebi

Software developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

good money for academia, wide range of tech

Cons

cant work there for more than 9 years total, weak senior management, culture of bullying in some groups

4.0

21 Sept 2019

EBI has a friendly atmosphere and bioinformatics offers interesting software problems

Software developer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

* Interesting data/applications to work on * Freedom to choose right technologies * Training opportunities * Campus feel (there are research talks going on regularly; nice grounds) * Library (online and hard-copy software books) * Shuttle bus to/from Cambridge and nearby villages * Charging stations for electric vehicles * Good holiday allowance

Cons

* Software developers doing similar tasks in different data teams could talk more (teams generally organised by data category) * Could be more rigorous software testing * Commute (45+ mins to Cambridge)

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