Oak Ridge Associated Universities Reviews

Pros

Benefits
Flexibility
People
Technology
Giving back to the community

Cons

Salary
Tolerance by management of lazy employees
Whining by some who feel 'it's not their job'
Workload share

Pros

Benefits are alright, but are going to be cut

Cons

People feel entitled
Complacency at its most pure
Lazy, most have never worked anywhere else
No Vision
No sense of direction
Scared of ANYTHING new
Wasteful of taxpayer money
Poor economy is only thing keeping me here

Advice to Senior Management

Learn to fire under-performers instead of keeping them because you 'feel bad'

Pros

Nice work environmet that is conducive to aa comfortable aatmosphere for daily work activities and taking breaks from work tasks.

Cons

Overallocated employee workload with continuous expectations of more work, less people to do the work and increasing responsibilities and expectations well above a 40 hour work week.

Advice to Senior Management

Asess the workload, give more support to each department manager and reduce the workload by hiring more human rsources for support

Pros

Good opportunity to work on cutting edge research with experts in the field. Great work atmosphere at ORNL, with flexible hours and excellent pay/benefits.

Cons

Temporary position. Good stepping stone to move on to a position elsewhere after leaving, but projects in groups that work closely with industry can lead to fewer publications than one might hope for.

Advice to Senior Management

For ORNL leadership: you're losing a lot of good talent you could be converting to staff due to bureaucracy, etc.

Pros

they are very nice people

Cons

it is not very fameous

Pros

The job is fulfilling in the sense that you have the opportunity to learn a lot about scientific research. You can make your own work schedule. The stipend is very good. Communication with people at ORAU is outstanding, they are very willing to work with you and help you in any way. You get to travel.

Cons

You are required to have health insurance and they offer it through them at an outrageous price so beware and buy it somewhere else

Advice to Senior Management

Keep up the good work!

Pros

Great researchers and awesome scientific projects. Great facilities at ORNL.

Cons

Relatively lower pay grades as compared with other research organizations.

Advice to Senior Management

Great job and associations with great facilities (e,g, ORNL). Revise pay grades.

Pros

Great exposure to all sorts of great facilities.

Cons

Funding steers research more than science, and that can be frustrating.

Advice to Senior Management

None

Pros

great benefits (especially health and retirement), new CEO spearheading positive changes, management cares about employees, safety and environmentally conscious, work is meaningful.

Cons

Annual leave is poor, government regulations restrict a lot of company policies, many employees have been there a long time and don't want to see any changes.

Advice to Senior Management

Management needs to become more accountable for their actions and spend more time helping their employees grow and develop within the organization.

Pros

The company is well-established, stable, and growing. The new CEO is instituting changes to improve performance and quality while maintaining integrity. Management is supportive of employee efforts to balance work and life. My hard work is recognized and rewarded within the limits set by the government contract ORAU supports.

Cons

Some employees have a 'we've always done it that way' mentality that inhibits necessary changes and improvements to work processes. The rapid growth of the company has led to some growing pains.

Advice to Senior Management

Continue efforts to eliminate dead-weight. Encourage employees to take responsibility for their career growth by taking advantage of training opportunities.