Sandia National Laboratories Reviews
Updated Jan 22, 2021
Clear All
Full-time, Part-time
English
Job Function
- Administrative
- Arts & Design
- Business
- Consulting
- Customer Services & Support
- Education
- Engineering
- Finance & Accounting
- Healthcare
- Human Resources
- Information Technology
- Legal
- Marketing
- Media & Communications
- Military & Protective Services
- Operations
- Other
- Product & Project Management
- Research & Science
- Retail & Food Services
- Sales
- Skilled Labor & Manufacturing
- Transportation
Job Status (2)
- Current Employees
- Freelance
- Contract
- Part-time
- Full-time
- Intern
Location
- Worldwide
- United States - All Cities
- - New Mexico
- - Albuquerque, NM Area
- - Carlsbad, NM Area
- - Arizona
- - Phoenix, AZ Area
- - California
- - San Francisco, CA Area
- - Sandia, CA
- - Sites, CA
- - Indiana
- - Bloomington, IN Area
- - Chicago, IL Area
- - Massachusetts
- - Boston, MA Area
- - Texas
- - Dallas-Fort Worth, TX Area
- - Houston, TX Area
- China - All Cities
- - Zhejiang
- - Hangzhou, Zhejiang
English
- English
- French
- German
- Dutch
- Portuguese
- Spanish
- Italian
Pros
"sandia cares about work life balance" (in 173 reviews)
"The 9-80 schedule was pretty great once I adjusted to it, and work hours were long but reasonable" (in 60 reviews)
Cons
"Don't like living in albuquerque" (in 66 reviews)
"I can imagine this stems from a lot of HR red tape" (in 30 reviews)
Pros & Cons are excerpts from user reviews. They are not authored by Glassdoor.
Pros
Love the people who work there.
Cons
It’s hard to leave the company.
"The good the bad and the ugly"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookI have been working at Sandia National Laboratories full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Good work life him life balance
Cons
Management, senior management, location, pay, politics.
Continue reading"Fulfilling work, but funding can be uncertain"
I have been working at Sandia National Laboratories full-time
Pros
Government employment benefits, including good Health Insurance, retirement 401(k) employer contributions, vacation.
Cons
401(k) has no stock options, only Fidelity-managed funds. Most areas prohibit personal electronic devices (cell phones, MP3 players), parking is always a hassle. The project you work on may change due to disappearing funding at the end of an FY.
"Cutting edge technology to solve nations most difficult problems"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
I worked at Sandia National Laboratories full-time
Pros
Many more resources available to engineers to tackle challenging problems
Cons
The classified nature of many of the programs further perpetuates the stereotype of poor social skills between engineers
"Exciting work"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
I have been working at Sandia National Laboratories full-time
Pros
Great work-like balance. Great co-workers. Challenging R&D problems.
Cons
Salaries may be good when you start but can get compressed over time.
"Good place to gain experience"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
I have been working at Sandia National Laboratories part-time for less than a year
Pros
You learn a lot here at the Labs
Cons
The learning curve is pretty high
- Helpful (1)
Pros
Great pay, benefits, and work life balance.
Cons
Can be slow or boring at times
Pros
Family friendly. Good vacation and 401k. A lot of really good people to work with here.
Cons
Bureaucratic. Good work can go unrecognized
Pros
They offer a competitive pay
Cons
Lots of red tape to navigate
"I like it"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Sandia National Laboratories full-time
Pros
Work life balance and Neat projects
Cons
none that i can think of
Join the Sandia National Laboratories team