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Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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3.0
Mar 3, 2025
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Pros

Good pay and benefits in a fun place to live. It was cool to work in a place with a blend of history and science. The science is cool but it is mainly physics, computing, and chemistry.

Cons

If you want to conduct field work, it’s not the place for that. I would imagine in the second Trump era, things will get increasingly difficult for the culture of this workplace.

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5.0
Jun 2, 2026
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Pros

Flexible schedules and great teams

Cons

Haven’t found any as an intern

4.0
May 9, 2026
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Pros

1. Great research facilities. The compute in terms of HPC and experimental facilities such as SNS are probably the best in the world 2. Colleagues in the lab work on a wide range of topics. Many colleagues in my experience are always enthusiastic to collaborate across different topics

Cons

1. Current funding scenario is absolutely pathetic. Senior staff and postdocs are struggling to keep themselves funded. The situation is worsened due to the exorbitant overheads that the national lab environments 2. Owing to the high overheads, universities are often more competitive for funding than national labs 3. Due to the funding factors, conversion to staff is very uncertain, especially for postdocs

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