Sandia National Laboratories Employee Reviews about "red tape"
Updated Aug 9, 2021
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Top Review Highlights by Sentiment
- "Good work/life balance if you already have a family and are not looking for exciting things to do." (in 106 reviews)
- "There's a lot of pressure to produce, but managers want different things all the time." (in 22 reviews)
- "Big and very bureaucratic, amateurish upper management, some really bad managers, lots of really poorly managed projects, lots of projects that should never have been funded." (in 12 reviews)
- "Training is based on a mentor system that may or may not be effective depending on the mentor" (in 10 reviews)
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Reviews about "red tape"
Return to all Reviews- Current Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Pros
Company cares about staff. Good work / life balance. Fairly good benefits (medical, dental, vision, retirement, leave, flexible work hours, now flexible work location post covid).
Cons
Limited upward mobility. Salaries start out high but raises are skimpy. Government work required both personal and professional red tape navigation.
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Good work/life balance and benefits. Coworkers and management are friendly and smart. Having techs to help with your workload is a nice perk too.
Cons
Little diversity, lots of red tape, too many meetings, and hard to get access to specialized equipment unless your boss owns it. Pay is lower (when adjusted for cost of living) than New Mexico site. I often feel stretched thin.
- Current Intern, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Interesting work, Great Coworkers, Pay, Work-Life balance, Flexible Hours
Cons
Location, Red tape, Bureaucracy, Slow work pace
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Great work, co-workers, mission. Lots of interesting work to get involved in.
Cons
Red tape can be an issue
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Pay is good, career development
Cons
government red tape that you have to deal with
- Current Employee, more than 10 years★★★★★
Pros
work life balance, opportunities for different technical work
Cons
Bureaucracy and red tape. Not many career promotion opportunities for personnel.
- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Decent salaries and great benefits. You can buy vacation, which is really cool
Cons
It's hard to get anything done because there's so much red tape and bureaucracy
- Former Intern, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
great pay, great benefits, very friendly people
Cons
Government red tape, slow moving progress
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Offers opportunity to work on unique and important problems. Great job security, pay and work-life balance.
Cons
Comes with some of the red tape associated with government work.
- Former Intern★★★★★
Pros
Very interesting project work and flexible hours
Cons
Low pay and government red tape
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