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      3.9

      76% would recommend to a friend

      (319 total reviews)
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      JoAnne Hewett

      93% approve of CEO

      61% positive business outlook

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      4.1

      Work/Life balance

      4.0

      Culture & values

      4.0

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.6

      Compensation and benefits

      3.6

      Career opportunities

      3.4

      Senior management

      Brookhaven National Laboratory has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 319 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Brookhaven National Laboratory employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Government & Public Administration industry (3.6 stars).

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      319 reviews
      2.0
      Sep 11, 2015

      NSLS-II

      Research associate
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Fantastic opportunities to work with cutting edge technology and on the frontiers of science. Co-workers are wonderfully supportive and create a wonderful work environment and community.

      Cons

      Funding insecurity is pervasive. Whether this contributes to missteps in long term planning, or is more an issue directly associated with DOE policy and management is unclear. However, whatever the root cause, a fair bit of the workload falls into the realm of putting out fires, playing catch-up and resolving problems which could have been addressed in advance with a bit more room for organization and planning, and enough staff to accomplish the work.

      3.0
      Sep 7, 2015

      Thinking of leaving

      Assistant physicist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      World class research theoretically possible. Lots of knowledgeable people around to talk to. Flexible work environment. Mostly good people who mostly work hard.

      Cons

      Funding terrible. Bad management at the top levels. Elderly work force. Morale is really low. Benefits are eroding. Middle of nowhere but terrible standard of living.

      1.0
      Sep 7, 2015

      Manager I

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      High level science. Interesting people to work with. Pension plan 401A.

      Cons

      Destructive management style. Benefits package in decline. Poor leadership. Financial problems as a result of overpaid upper echelon directors. Relationship with Battelle (google it) is questionable. The production of new science is becoming less important than being able to sell new technologies. Not a happy place to work. Human Resources is the worst.

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