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      4.4

      86% would recommend to a friend

      (270 total reviews)
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      Charles F. Bolden, Jr.

      83% approve of CEO

      61% positive business outlook

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      4.4

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      4.4

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      4.3

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      4.3

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      4.1

      Senior management

      4.0

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      3.0
      Jan 16, 2016

      Scientist at NASA

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Relaxed environment, not pressure to bring in funding, interesting projects. Salary is not bad, and you get some really good benefits. Plus, you have many vacation days and many holidays.

      Cons

      People are old, not very ambitious, there is a lot of bureaucracy because you work for the government, and you will never get rich here. You will not be pushed, which is a bad thing if you are young and ambitious.

      3.0
      May 5, 2015

      Interesting work

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Excellent family / life / work balance.

      Cons

      Salary lower than typical in this area.

      5.0
      Apr 3, 2015

      Retiree - 16 years at MSFC, 34 with NASA.

      Engineering management, data architecture
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      Pros

      The most important fact -- The work is important and exciting. Of course that's offset by some drudgery and bureaucracy, but the big picture of spaceflight objectives keeps most people pretty well motivated. Because of that, NASA routinely makes the top of the lists of the best places to work in Government. They do try pretty hard to take care of their people, within the limits of Gov't regulations. Lots of non-monetary awards, "company" picnics and events, etc. Mostly outstanding staff (engineers, first-line supervisors) and a pleasure to work with most co-workers. High technology. Ordinary people doing extraordinary things.

      Cons

      Salary/Compensation isn't as good as private industry. Bureaucracy is rampant. While my experience showed that MSFC could be adequate technology risk-takers, their culture is extremely bureaucracy-risk-averse. If HQ tell them to do something stupid, they will be very good soldiers. Maybe comes from historic Army background. Also infrastructure (CIO, CFO) organizations run roughshod over the mission organizations. If we don't make it back to the moon, that will be why. Can be frustrating at times. I saw another reviewer complain about no job promotions because of "dead wood". I didn't find that the case for my career. The parallel ladder is a problem in every organization, gov't or private. MSFC didn't seem to me to be any worse than other organizations.

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