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      4.2

      83% would recommend to a friend

      (1,075 total reviews)

      Michael Witherell

      86% approve of CEO

      76% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.3

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.3

      Work/Life balance

      4.2

      Culture & values

      3.9

      Senior management

      3.7

      Career opportunities

      3.6

      Compensation and benefits

      Lawrence Berkeley Lab has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 1,075 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Lawrence Berkeley Lab employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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      1K reviews
      5.0
      May 10, 2023

      Great mentor

      Postbaccalaureate fellow
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Relaxed culture in my group and we would have lunch together!

      Cons

      The work pace often felt slow. This is common to the academic research environment, I believe.

      5.0
      Apr 14, 2023

      Best workplace I've worked

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      My supervisor encourages me to find new approaches to solve problems. Unlike other workplaces, my colleagues are all working on different projects, so I don't experience the same level of adversity.

      Cons

      The salary is too high for me, so I have to take unpaid leaves in order to lower my tax bracket. Once you start your position, you are pretty much stuck with it for life.

      2.0
      Apr 4, 2023

      Interesting work, Bad environment

      Mechanical technician ii
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Participate in world-class projects. Good benefits. Experiences are completely different for scientists, postdocs, interns, engineers, and support staff. If you are reading reviews to get a sense of what your job might be like, ignore reviews that are not from the role you will be in.

      Cons

      What the person below said. Their "diversity" efforts basically involve hiring people and throwing them into the existing culture with no support and seeing who can deal with it. This dynamic is enabled by management and engineers, who are under deadline and want to keep things running smoothly at all costs. The way they create and run teams is generally dysfunctional and encourages hazing of new hires, since it is just a byproduct of the lab's unwillingness to promote or compensate experienced techs. There is also a lot of gossip due to the inconsistent workload, and a general culture of talking down on other people's work.

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