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Finance Operations favoritism over meritocracy - Principal Financial Analyst Lawrence Berkeley Lab Employee Review

2.0
Jun 5, 2021
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Pros

Benefits are decent, offers pension after 5 years of service, some opportunity to grow, the science research side is generally positive to work with

Cons

Finance and Operations Management promotion based on favoritism and not meritocracy, depending on group, the environment can be toxic and management operates through fear, government bureaucracy, slow in change and improvements, complex systems, high ratio of lower skilled employees in comparison to private industry, inequity persists in terms of salary and work distribution and responsibilities

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Pros

Beautiful location, you oversee the Bay, Golden Gate Bridge and SF. Research environment, great bridge for academics to transition to a more applied research. Benefits quite good

Cons

Low wages, especially in the scientific staff. Basically no career progression. Offices are a mixed bags (some departments have brand new buildings, others have very old buildings). Do not rely on their immigration services to get anything beyond temporary work visas.

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