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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

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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2.0
Sep 9, 2010

Not the best place for post-docs

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Pros

Name brand and some of the smartest people. Good benefits and time off. Flexible hours and pretty sound work conditions

Cons

no room for promotions get tied to your supervisor-if stuck with a wrong group or micro-manager, it can be a very painful postdoc experience

3.0
Jun 12, 2012
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Pros

Good science and generally good people. Plenty of opportunity to collaborate, and future job ops will be good when people hear where you worked.

Cons

A bit out of the way but I actually liked that. There will always be a few lab heads that think they are better than everyone and make a postdoc's life hell. I guess that comes with the career I've chosen

3.0
Sep 13, 2011
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Pros

Fascinating Science that is not done the same way at any other lab Good People - Great co workers Best place on earth for researchers, not so much for operations

Cons

Politics and Bureaucracy As almost all management come from within the Academic or University system, the Consensus driven approach to each and every challenge is mind numbing. Getting anyone to make a decision and put their foot down as " This is the way we must proceed to be successful" is impossible. Everything must be discussed until there is no energy left to "do"

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