Overall, still very happy after more than 10 years - Research ETS Employee Review

5.0
Feb 3, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

- work with some leaders in the field - colleagues are devoted to doing good work, are great mentors, and are friendly - very strong research centers - good total compensation package: employees can be rewarded in various ways - focused on employee development - strong community outreach - focused on mission and integrity

Cons

- as company grows, business infrastructure seems to grow more and more complex - too top heavy - some managers appear to enjoy a punitive management style (fortunately, not all managers!) - it definitely helps to know the right people, although that is probably true of most companies - management doesn't always seem to take the opinions of stakeholders (and those more knowledgeable than them about process or structure) into account, making unilateral decisions

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5.0
Apr 11, 2025
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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
May 22, 2026
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Pros

Support of immediate management and coworkers makes coming to work every day a pleasure.

Cons

Where to start... First, the employee performance evaluation process and methodology has changed from 1) performance vs your job description to 2) OKRs which were completely unattainable and meaningless at every level to 3) rocks and outcomes which again have very little to do with the day to day jobs of most employees. It seems the burden for goals and objectives and performance management has shifted from management to employees as they try to define a methodology that holds only doers responsible for the company's success. All this since Amit Sevak took over. Management manipulated the questions in a recent employee survey to force responses that made it look like there was improvement year over year. Of course, when you add a new President between the employees and the CEO peoples opinion of senior management is improved. Of course when you shift the focus to immediate management from senior management, the responses will be improved. Try issuing the exact same survey as the prior year and see how much "real" improvement there was in the numbers.

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