Working @ Scripps Research

Benefits and Compensation

Just ask around. It’s no secret that Scripps Research has excellent benefits and a very competitive compensation program. In fact you can get an overview right here.

Benefits

Scripps Research recognizes that employee benefit programs are an important part of our total compensation package. Scripps Research strives to provide a comprehensive benefits package aimed at fitting the needs of you and your family. The benefits offered include medical, dental, vision, prescription, life insurance, short and long term disability insurance, retirement plans, long term care, flexible spending accounts, tuition reimbursement and generous vacation and paid time off programs. Benefits are an important part of your overall success and happiness at Scripps Research. As a result, we offer benefits that begin date of hire to all eligible employees who are working 20 hours or more per week. See Additional Links for more Benefit Plan detail.

Training and Development

Our mission is to provide training resources to all Scripps Research employees. We evaluate training needs, design programs and present them as needed. Our focus is on:

Orientation
Management Training for Faculty and Supervisors
On-the-Job Skills
Desktop/Office Applications Training
Courses for Postdocs
Employee Regulations and Laws

Our goal is to equip all our employees with the skills and knowledge they require to perform their job functions. Where we cannot meet the training needs internally, we will act as resources to suggest outside training programs.

Our Compensation Philosophy

The Institute’s compensation guidelines emphasize continued development and expansion of skills, knowledge, performance, and the ability to be flexible. Our goals are three-fold:

to compete for qualified staff in an evolving environment
to pay employees equitable and fairly
to be fiscally responsible

TSRI believes that it is important to consider internal and external factors when compensation decisions are made. Internally, importance is placed on equity in relation to other jobs, as well as individuals’ skills, knowledge, performance, and job related experience. Externally, the relevant labor market consists of other research institutions and general industry employers with whom we compete for employees with relative skills and experience.

TSRI’s Human Resources department monitors the market closely by participating in annual salary surveys and, whenever possible, obtaining salary information on benchmark jobs i.e. those jobs that are typical in a biomedical research institute and other industries and are easily matched and compared to jobs at TSRI. Based on the salary survey, a compensation representative reviews salary levels and ranges annually to determine whether there is a need to adjust them, and reviews jobs within specific families to determine whether TSRI is paying at market value.

Job markets vary for certain jobs, depending on the recruitment pool, whether certain skill-sets are in increasing demand, or whether there is a shortage of individuals with specific expertise. Therefore, market pay levels for specific jobs may increase slowly or aggressively.

ADDITIONAL LINKS

Printable Benefit Overviews

Health and Welfare Plans

Retirement plans

Other Benefits

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