Contract Specialist - Contract Specialist NIH Employee Review

3.0
20 Aug 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Career ladder position GS11 to GS13 if you have moderately successful performance 2+ years in a row Good benefits and thrift savings plan (like a 401K) with up to 4% employer contribution per year.

Cons

Poor work-life balance. Most CS employees cannot take any time off in the 3rd and 4th quarters of gov. fiscal year.

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5.0
26 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Not stressful, science based, not profit.

Cons

Slow processes, too many meetings.

4.0
25 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Working with the some of the smartest scientists and clinicians in the world. So many learning opportunities. Kind patients. Allowed time to care for patients as there is no pressure of quotas by health insurance.

Cons

Nursing management can be verbally abusive with frequent retaliation and intimidation. As most older nurses have worked there for most of their career, they are dismissive of new perspectives and resistant to evidence-based practice.

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