EMBL reviews about "career development"

No agreement with the French social security. The pension refund is not enough to buy the years you spent at EMBL so it is the worst possible case from the pension point of view. The salary is not sufficient enough because of inflation, it needs to be reajusted to remain competitive to other PhD program

- Can only stay nine years which makes many people stressed about career development - Some people are not fully committed or just slow

Micromanagement Administrative processes, technology way behind best practices No career development

- Limited-time contracts (3 years for staff members with optional extension) - Work/life balance issues (in an internal anonymous review 60%+ reported that they spend more than 8hrs at work and/or continue working on weekend) This is not to say there is some external pressure into doing so. I guess it's rather a consequence of getting very motivated people into a highly competitive academic environment. - Space issues (i.e. finding available conference rooms, getting desks for newcomers, etc.) - Difficulty with career development, esp. when not working as a biologist or chemist.

UK-based Professional Services staff experience a significant disadvantage in terms of reward and career development compared to their Heidelberg-based counterparts. Pension looks great at first glance, but delve a little deeper and it is actually a bit below the curve compared to that which you would expect from the average UK private sector equivalent

Limited support for career and professional development