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SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

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SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory reviews

4.0

71% would recommend to a friend

(318 total reviews)

John Sarrao

71% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 318 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Government & Public Administration industry (3.6 stars).

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318 reviews
1.0
Jan 14, 2014

Computing division leadership needs to be changed

Anonymous employee
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Pros

SLAC is a part of Stanford University and this comes with prestige. The bay area is beautiful and the SLAC staff are passionate about the work they perform.

Cons

The CIO, ACIO Services and EA are inept, autocratic, and destructive individuals. Instead of performing the important roles they were assigned they spend their time crafting Powerpoint presentations for the CIO to use to mislead Lab leadership and business managers to advance their myopic goals. They have produced countless presentations and roadmaps but haven't consulted with their customers or the Computing staff in this process. It is like they are creating their own reality because they don't like the one we have. The trio is absent any leadership skills and are failing again and again with opportunities to engage with staff to actually make things better.

1.0
Jan 14, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Many smart people with good intentions and operate with integrity.

Cons

The few not-so-capable executive managers who surround themselves with incompetent people in order to support personal agendas, and not the customer. The servers, technology, and supporting processes are antiquated and unless OCIO management changes, the employees will continue to be trapped on the hamster wheel, spending a majority of their time putting out fires and not able to proactively providing solutions to the customer. The OCIO Services layer was added; positions filled with employees who didn't perform on previously-assigned projects, yet fed the OCIO's ego and did his dirty work, so were promoted two or three levels without warrant. This "Services" group adds project managers to manage projects for which there is no funding, and customer relationship managers to manage unhappy customers as a result of the OCIO continued deprecation of services without communication to the service providers or the customers. All the while, the capable, passionate people providing the solutions and excellent service to the customer are being harassed or forced out. The lack of transparency, the open harassment, and fear-based "leadership" results in unmotivated, paralyzed employees, and an overall toxic environment.

1.0
Jan 14, 2014

Unethical management practices in Computing's OCIO

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Interesting work Intelligent staff Prestigious affiliation with Stanford U.

Cons

Career opportunities are not defined by performance, skills, and abilities Lack of Management accountability

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