4.0
2 Dec 2008
Former employee
Princeton, NJ
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
The work is interesting and ends up mattering to people, and the internal goals are noble, despite whatever bad press they might receive. Since ETS is a nonprofit, they can afford to do things the right way instead of just trying to do them the cheapest way, and they can afford to spend money on research and development that further the state-of-the-art.
Cons
Since it's a non-profit, the pay is relatively low, and the amount of internal bureaucracy is very high. Also, the matrix organization style, while having the benefit of putting people doing the same work together, has the serious problem that people working on the same project are often in completely different groups.