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Failing miserably - Anonymous employee Center for Infectious Disease Research Employee Review

2.0
21 Apr 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Interesting location, decent benefits, nice colleagues

Cons

Wow, where to begin? CIDR is in a sad state. They are loosing really good, smart, conscientious employees because people are not rewarded for their hard work. Not only in monetary terms, but in everyday, hey your doing a great job terms. Morale is below miserable and no one really seems to care, which makes morale even worse. The upper management gets paid VERY generously, while the folks lower on the food chain get their crumbs. The scientists seems to be oblivious, or they are in denial or they just don't plain care that their place of work is on a down hill slope. The energy of the place is like walking into an empty room, boring and stale. I've had colleagues from other scientific institutes ask what is going on, because they have heard it isn't good.

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5.0
4 Sept 2020
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Pros

The people are so genuine and kind, and the work culture stands behind caring for you as an individual. There is room for growth, and plenty of support and resources along the way.

Cons

Nothing that stands out to note!

2.0
8 Mar 2013
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Pros

The overall mission of the institute is a good one. There are many very talented and dedicated people who truly want to change the world for the better, and it's rewarding to get to work with those people.

Cons

The founder of the institute left the role of President on January 1, 2012. Since then it's been a steady slide downhill. The new President seems incapable of leading and tends to make things more about himself than the science (and science is the reason for the institute's existence). There used to be excellent communication from the leadership to "the troops"; that has dried up. It doesn't feel that there is a direction to the institute at this point, and the "leadership" is not inspiring confidence in anyone other than themselves. Their core competency is apparently generating-corporate speak to explain why they aren't at fault for the economic issues the institute is having (all while spending as much as they want on themselves and on new upper-level staff).

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