The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) Claimed Company
Founded in 1929, JAX is an independent, nonprofit biomedical research institution with more than 2,200 employees. read more
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JAX has tremendous strengths and an extraordinary faculty. Its potential to drive the field of genomics is huge, but its management needs to work hard to overcome differences at the top and generate a clear consensus vision and goals towards which they will lead and inspire the organization.
What do you like best about the leadership team?
The leadership team is committed to JAX's non-profit status.
What do your coworkers need to improve and how could you work together better?
Organization's priorities change too frequently for teams to gain momentum.
What does the leadership team need to get better at?
Setting strategic direction and communicating it consistently (even to each other)
What is the best part about your compensation package?
The best part of the compensation plan is the generous matching of 403(b) contributions.
What makes you most happy at work?
The best days at work are those spent with other purpose-driven team members with a clear set of goals.
What's going wrong and how can it be improved?
Organization struggles in new markets because it isn't prepared for change & not accustomed to open questioning of historical approaches.
What needs to change to make the company culture better?
The management team uses a fear-based motivation process that squelches disagreement. Rigorous evaluation of projects and programs that fail is discouraged -- bad news is unwelcome and messengers subtly punished or denied advancement.
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