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3.9

70% would recommend to a friend

(1,128 total reviews)
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Dr. Laurie Leshin

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17% positive business outlook

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,128 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Aerospace & Defense industry (3.6 stars).

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3.0
Feb 3, 2010
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Pros

Interesting & unique work. Great resources. Many smart people. Overall, very good people, and most are very happy to be there. Great campus like feel and great location.

Cons

Difficult to get into the inner click and get the best projects. They tend to pigeon hole you, and they do not count experience gained elsewhere. They hire to many Phd types and not enough workers, so many people are under utilized. Difficult to transfer projects. They ask what you want to do, but if it is not where they need you then they basically tell you that it is not possible. They are pretty blatent in their age discrimination unless you are part of the inner circle. Specifically, they require the hiring of new grads even during down times, and they give younger employees more opportunities to try new things than veterans who have done those things but not recently.

5.0
Dec 29, 2009

Nice Place to Retire

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Pros

Good atmosphere, not stressful place to work. A great place to retire. Lots of very smart people, probably not as good as the good old days when many top researchers that pushed the boundaries of science and technology worked at JPL.

Cons

Some people who just wait for paycheck. Large lab so it has the same problems as the large companies. Also the bureaucracy is pretty bad since it's a NASA facility managed by Caltech.

5.0
Sep 6, 2009
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Pros

Wokring for JPL is a one-of-a-kind opportunity, as you truly participate in the making of the history our children will read aobut. I love NASA and think it is an amazing place to work.

Cons

Unfortunately, NASA and JPL are bureaucratic places, where getting things done quickly and efficiently is not always a requirement. Thus, it can take a long time to achieve even little things. Management is great from a technical standpoint, but the "business" side is not management's strength.

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