Seemed great at first - Analyst Gryphon Scientific Employee Review

There are lots of extremely arrogant and toxic people that if you are unfortunate to be on a project with, will make you hate your life. Unfortunately, because it is such a small company, these people are often described as “indispensable” (which someone’s boss actually told me when I brought up a serious issue). I’ve recently been able to attend some client meetings to take notes, and realized that some of these toxic people (senior level) are actually just taking credit for other peoples work (the same people they talk to like they are idiots). I will say that this is not everyone, not even most people at Gryphon. But even having one person like this is enough to make you really hate your job. The company also undervalues soft skills. Training of personnel managers and project managers is not seen as a priority. Personally, I think this is because there are a lot of highly skilled hard-science people: which from my experience I have found think they don’t need or can figure out soft skills on their own (e.g., an engineer thinks they are smart enough to learn psychology but not the other way around). This attitude is consistent even across more technical areas (eg someone with a background in public health leading a risk assessment on cybersecurity). This leads to an ego-driven and insecure environment. Pay for junior staff is atrocious. All in all from my experience - gryphon is great if you are coming in at a more senior level. At the junior level, maybe for a year to open up job opportunities in the biodefense space, but if I could do it all over again I wouldn’t have stayed as long as I have. If you have another job offer I would strongly recommend taking it.