Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Reviews
Updated Jan 20, 2022
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"There is fantastic work life balance" (in 268 reviews)
"Work Environment is awesome as well" (in 75 reviews)
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- Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★Featured Review
Pros
The Benefits are great especially their Education Assistance. Work Environment is awesome as well.
Cons
None to report at this time
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- Current Employee, more than 8 years★★★★★
Pros
exciting work descent salary great autonomy it is possible to have a good work/ life balance, but that is up to you
Cons
salary could be better lots of red tape bureaucratic
- Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Job security. They were able to avoid layoffs and furloughs during COVID-19. Everyone seemed very nice and friendly. Free swag and ice cream week.
Cons
The people are very smart, but they are severely mismanaged and apathetic in all their endeavors, leading to poor overall visibility within the greater scientific community. Everything is a pain that is disguised under government bureaucracy, but really it’s the people who sit on raw data that they don’t have the skills to work up for over a year, it’s the people who think that scheduling things the next day or a week in advance is too soon, it’s the people who say they are going to come in and get things done but don’t, it’s the severely outdated procedures and long lists of things to do to get simple tasks like off boarding done, that makes everything SUPER slow and SUPER frustrating. LLNL has a lack of people in the middle of their career for a good reason; there’s all the people who have been there forever and there’s a bunch of new talent that gets lost after a couple years… and there are very good reasons for that dynamic.
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
The culture here is very laid back. Work life balance is prioritized and at the same time very important work is being accomplished.
Cons
Culture can be a little too laid back at times, which makes it difficult when trying to bring about change. You still have some of the “it’s always been like this” mentality Costs of living makes it difficult
- Former Employee, more than 8 years★★★★★
Pros
Interesting work on the cutting edge of technology with really smart people. Good work like balance and if you want to make good money and coast you can.
Cons
Not changing quickly with the times. Compensation is uncompetitive with industry, which is not surprising since its based off only base salary and stock/bonuses in industry can be 20-50% of pay. This makes it hard to buy in the area and is compounded by lack of remote work options. Management doesn't listen or deal with bad actors and plays favorites.
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
Work life balance is second to none, a job I enjoy coming to every day, excellent benefits and pay, management is very open to discussions.
Cons
I don't have any cons, an excellent organization with many opportunities for advancement.
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
Great autonomy to perform your work. Great work/life balance. The benefits package is very good, especially 401k, which LLNL can contribute up to 9.5%.
Cons
Career limitations for foreign national citizens. Many co-workers are not interested in becoming friends.
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
-my colleagues are warm, knowledgable, and professional -excellent work/life balance -cutting edge work -good benefits
Cons
-it's a long commute for me, but that doesn't apply to everyone
- Current Employee, more than 10 years★★★★★
Pros
Opportunty for advancement and great work/life balance. Exciting place to be.
Cons
Things are a little slow when it comes to technology initiatives, but it's a way of life due to security concerns.
Continue reading - Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
I worked for a federal contracting company before, but LLNL takes the aspects I loved about that job (e.g. mission-focused, flexible work schedule, and innovative science) and combines them with all the job features I always wanted (e.g. more remote-flexible opportunities, better compensation/benefits, bosses that actually care about me as a person and not just a means to an output). LLNL invests in their employees and really cares in their development within the org.
Cons
There's sometimes a bit too much red tape around some things, but I went in expecting that.
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has an overall rating of 4.5 out of 5, based on over 1,152 reviews left anonymously by employees. 92% of employees would recommend working at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to a friend and 90% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has decreased by -2% over the last 12 months.
92% of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 4.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.4 for culture and values and 4.4 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to be coworkers, benefits, career development and the cons to be culture, management.
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