Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Reviews

Pros

Great benefits, flexible, and wonderful colleagues.

Cons

No cons that I can think of.

Pros

Company is very flexible with work hours

Cons

It was only an internship

Pros

Great coworkers, interesting work, and opportunities for advancement.

Cons

Not enough money to live in the Bay without at least an hour commute. No chance to buy a house at this point unless you inherit one from family. Hard no on fully remote work so you can't move. Stay for a couple years and move on to something better- this is not a sustainable option.

Pros

The main pro here is work life balance and the ever changing work force adapting to a hybrid telecommuting work schedule. As we all know the commute is not easy and having a day, or two to work from home can allow an individual to recharge and better focus. It’s a well balance work schedule with holidays off. The pay is decent. Benefits are great, and I am a strong supporter of the current labs director in Kim Budil. She displays great leadership with ambition goals of the lab, and has empathy and understanding of all situations. She has adapted extremely well. Peers and colleagues are all very intelligent and supportive.

Cons

Some of the challenges I see in newer employees is waiting on the clearance. However it is very necessary to be patient during these times. Bureaucracy and red tape is also a challenge. What can you expect? Your working at a National Labratory. So it’s all about perspective.

Pros

Competitve wages Growing diversity in all areas Increased hiring growth for engineers in all fields

Cons

Inconsistency of rules between departments Limited opportunities for advancement for hourly employees Good ole "boy/girl" club at certain levels of management New engineers are generally fresh from college or have limited experience The experience gap is vast at the engineering levels. Lots of new engineers/limited mentorship/senior engineers retiring

Pros

Work Life Team work Benefits

Cons

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Pros

Work life balance and Job security and people are nice. Probably it is because the salary is not competitive enough. 401K + Pension : good 6% matching with extra % added additional as a pension

Cons

Pay: Base Salary is comparable but not as good compare to other Bay Area companies as there is no stock or bonus. Career: depending on the team that you are in. The career may be good for scientist but not really great for mid-level IT engineers. May be start as intern and fresh grad and leave and come back for retirement. I've seen some of the teams , they are very bureaucratic and won't let you work on anything or bring new ideas except very basic day-to-day work. Promotion: Promotion process is really subjective. You are compared to other folks who are at the same rank as you (at a company level) to get promoted. How can we compare to others as the type of missions, assignments are different from different positions.

Pros

Smart people, good benefits, plenty of possibilities for growth

Cons

Don't have any complains or cons

Pros

Huge depth of expertise, facilities, and nice, competent people. It is like working at a premiere corporation with a premiere academic institution all in one. The work-life balance is good and your career can be what you make of it and a function of how hard you work and are willing to achieve.

Cons

Some red tape and bureaucratic molasses is inevitable as with all national laboratories.

Pros

Talented mentors State of the art facilities Epic projects around every corner Good work life balance

Cons

Lots of red tape Compensation doesn’t compete well with big tech