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    Sanger Institute Reviews

    Updated 3 October 2017
    55 reviews

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    Pros

    • Great campus atmosphere and work-life balance (in 6 reviews)

    • Good pay, flexible time, relaxed atmosphere, beautiful campus (in 6 reviews)

    Cons

    • far away from cambridge city centre (30 mins bus, free shuttle) (in 4 reviews)

    • Poor career progression and communication (in 4 reviews)

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    1. "Bioinformatician"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Sanger Institute full-time

      Pros

      Good pay, flexible time, relaxed atmosphere, beautiful campus

      Cons

      Out of town, some groups are less relaxed than others

    2. "Great place to work"

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      Current Employee - Postdoctoral Fellow in Hinxton, England
      Current Employee - Postdoctoral Fellow in Hinxton, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Sanger Institute full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Excellent research community and opportunity for collaboration

      Cons

      low starting salary for PostDocs

      Advice to Management

      Better career progression for scientists

    3. "A great place to work."

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      Former Employee - Advanced Research Assistant in Hinxton, England
      Former Employee - Advanced Research Assistant in Hinxton, England
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Sanger Institute full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Highly collaborative and friendly atmosphere, several opportunities for personal and professional development, well served with daycare, ATM, gym facilities, several extracurricular activities, clean, beautiful campus, very efficient and productive environment.

      Cons

      The site is out of town; not very accessible other than by the shuttle bus or by personal car, working hours less flexible, food on site is quite expensive!

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    4. "Good"

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      Former Employee - Advanced Research Assistant in Hinxton, England
      Former Employee - Advanced Research Assistant in Hinxton, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Sanger Institute full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Good work ethic, teams are often diverse in experience so you can easily troubleshoot experiments.

      Cons

      Sandwiches and food is a bit expensive. Around £3.80 for any meal.

      Advice to Management

      Management is good as it is

    5. "Senior Staff Scientist"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Sanger Institute full-time

      Pros

      Excellent people, science, benefits and values

      Cons

      Poor career progression and communication.
      Little real emphasis on personal development.

    6. "Amazing place to work!"

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      Current Employee - Research Assistant in Hinxton, England
      Current Employee - Research Assistant in Hinxton, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Sanger Institute full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Great place to work with the newest technologies, and great people. Amazing Campus site with lots of benefits.

      Cons

      As a Charity Organisation there are restricted by law in certain subjects.

    7. "Awesome place to work and do research"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Sanger Institute full-time

      Pros

      World-leading science, friendly and collaborative atmosphere.

      Cons

      Nothing comes to my mind!

    8. "Awesome"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      Pros

      Great PIs, amazing opportunities, treated as a post-doc, great benefits

      Cons

      bus to cambridge every day is tiring and inflexible

    9. "Postdoctoral Fellow"

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      Current Employee - Postdoctoral Fellow in Cambridge, East of England, England
      Current Employee - Postdoctoral Fellow in Cambridge, East of England, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      Pros

      Great Campus, good science, Collaborative.

      Cons

      Location - in the middle of nowhere

    10. "Fantastic PhD opportunity"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      Pros

      Great support for PhD students, friendly atmosphere and lots of benefits. The research is fascinating and supervisors are always open to discuss new research projects

      Cons

      A bit far from Cambridge and bus schedule quite limited - a car is recommended

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