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      3.9

      70% would recommend to a friend

      (1,128 total reviews)
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      59% approve of CEO

      17% positive business outlook

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      4.1

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.1

      Work/Life balance

      3.9

      Culture & values

      3.5

      Compensation and benefits

      3.5

      Career opportunities

      3.1

      Senior management

      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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      1K reviews
      5.0
      Mar 7, 2009

      You should consider a NASA career

      Chief of security
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      Pros

      The location at the base of the San Gabriel Foothills is picturesque, people are respectful, work conditions are ideal, services such as dining and break areas exceed those present at other employers

      Cons

      Cost of Living in the area makes it difficult to attract candidates from other parts of the country

      4.0
      Jan 9, 2009

      Will re-slotting be better?

      Senior engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      The college campus atmosphere, the gifted people who work here, the opportunity to create and witness history being made. Oh, and the deer everywhere. Tuition re-imbursement is good here, 5,250 per year for BA/BS and 10,000 per year for Masters or PhD. The paid time-off vacation, sick and holiday are pretty standard with 3 weeks off ater 5 years of service and 4 weeks off after 10 years of service. You can accumulate up to 320 hours of vacation. You get 1 week off per year for sick time and you can accumulate 960 hours. there are 11 standard holidays off, indluding 1 personal dat per year.

      Cons

      Red Tape, dead wood, some bad management. Morale. Griffin.

      4.0
      Dec 24, 2008

      Read this and be enlightened.

      Senior engineer
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      Pros

      Prestige and very interesting work. The opportunity to work on one-of-a-kind leading edge space missions is great. The people are extremely intelligent and capable.

      Cons

      Management at JPL is below average. The Lab does not realize that management is something that can and should be taught. Furthermore, good engineers do not necessarily make good managers. There is too much time spent on trying out managers and having the bulk of them fail forcing them into dead end jobs as burden-suckers. It would be better if one had a systematic approach to identifying management material and training them to do it right instead of winging it. JPL is not motivated to find low cost solutions. As a result, the costs of missions spiral out of control. JPL should investigate ways to reduce costs and reward engineers for saving money.

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