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4.3

83% would recommend to a friend

(279 total reviews)

Michael Witherell

87% approve of CEO

76% positive business outlook

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1.0
Oct 7, 2023
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Pros

Name brand recognition on your resume/CV.

Cons

You're mileage will vary but my experience was characterized by a woefully inadequate salary, mediocre intellectual environment, lack of any path for career advancement within the Lab, and an ossified bureaucracy that stifled agency and initiative at many levels of the org chart. Leadership seemed completely out of touch with the challenges faced by graduate students and postdocs, and unwilling or unable to imagine a future for the Lab beyond an outdated and broken model for doing science that I fear may become increasingly irrelevant in today's rapidly changing political, scientific, economic, and social landscapes.

4.0
Oct 2, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Good to work, nice people, cozy environment

Cons

limited parking space and relatively lower salary compared to other national lab

3.0
Oct 2, 2023

Graduate Student Researcher

Recommend
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Pros

Intelligent and motivated people, support for travel and conferences, flexible schedule, great view, culture of teaching and mentorship.

Cons

Low pay, politics of funding and advancement, intellectual environment can be stagnant in some groups

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