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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
      1.0
      Mar 5, 2019

      Nothing special

      Staff research scientist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Nothing special to talk about.

      Cons

      Highly political place. Watch out for an over active bureaucracy, especially its EH&S

      5.0
      Feb 20, 2019

      A lot can happen at Berkeley

      Postdoctoral fellow
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      High Tech facility to use, Cutting edge advance work in many fields, You meet many great minds, Mostly amicable colleagues, Senior authority people are quite encouraging to new scientists and students to do better and explore beyond, Many helpful resources available for career development, Management works here to help you and work with you to solve a problem and not to create nuisance.

      Cons

      Bureaucratic approvals take unexpected and unavoidable long time, Salary as a postdoc is very low to survive well in bay area, compared to other National lab postdocs who work in Bay area (Ex: Sandia, Livermore, PNNL etc.).

      3.0
      Jan 13, 2018

      lbl postdoc

      Postdoctoral researcher
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Lot's of freedom and name recognition, opportunity to work on cutting edge projects. Fairly nice location, decent benefits and good career development support.

      Cons

      Let's be real, it is difficult to live in the bay area with this salary. Half of mine is going to rent. But what's a government lab to do ? Very little opportunity for permanent positions. More minor issues: you have to deal with some standard government bureaucracy and the HR department is.... an HR department, so lower your expectations.

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