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Berkeley Lab Employee Job Reviews in the United States

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4.3
Average Rating
(based on 29 Berkeley Lab Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
4.1
Growth Opportunities
4.0
People You Work With
4.4
Person You Work For
4.4
Rewards You Receive
4.0
Support You Get
4.4
Way You Work
4.3
Work Setting
4.5
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Research Scientist
"At its best, LBL embodies everything positive about academic science: brilliant co-workers, intellectual freedom, experimentation, and being on the leading edge of a field. At its worst, it embodies most of the negative stereotypes too, but at least it's an improvement over university labs."
Posted 11 years ago in Berkeley, CA
Software Engineer
in Berkeley, CA

What do you like about working at Berkeley Lab?

"I like the teamwork spirit to research in science and high tech, the idea of leading to Innovations, esp the collaboration environment."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"I like everything with the company and I'm very satisfied."

What don't you like about working at Berkeley Lab?

"None, I like everything with the company and I'm very satisfied."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"None, I like everything with my manager and I'm very happy to work with her."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Administrative Assistant
in Berkeley, CA

"very fast paced, constant change of priorities and extensive deadlines"

What do you like about working at Berkeley Lab?

"Location and the view was amazing. Co-workers were very cooperative."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Relax and be confident. They are very nice and lay-back."

What don't you like about working at Berkeley Lab?

"I did not work there long enough to learn about this."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They had a great management which made working day go smoothly."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Technical Support Specialist

"Great work enviroment, loved it."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Research Assistant
Person You Work For 3.8 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3.9 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3.9 / 5
Researcher
People You Work With 4.6 / 5 Work Setting 4.7 / 5 Support You Get 3.2 / 5
Rewards You Receive 3.4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3.3 / 5 Company Culture 4.3 / 5
Way You Work 4.6 / 5
CNC Machinist
Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 3.3 / 5 Work Setting 4.6 / 5
Support You Get 4.7 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.8 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4.9 / 5
Company Culture 3.3 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Research Assistant
in Berkeley, CA
Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2.9 / 5
Company Culture 3.2 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Technical Support Specialist
in Walnut Creek, CA
Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 1 / 5
Senior Mechanical Design Associate
in Berkeley, CA

"A pleasure working at the Lab full time direct for 2 years."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Equipment Services Project Manager
in Berkeley, CA
People You Work With 4.1 / 5 Work Setting 4.8 / 5 Support You Get 4.5 / 5
Rewards You Receive 4.2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3.4 / 5 Company Culture 3 / 5
Way You Work 4 / 5
Research Associate
in Berkeley, CA
Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.9 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Research Associate
Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 3.9 / 5 Work Setting 4.9 / 5
Support You Get 3.9 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3.9 / 5
Company Culture 4.9 / 5 Way You Work 4.3 / 5
Lab Intern
Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4.9 / 5
Company Culture 4.8 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Equipment Services Project Manager
in Berkeley, CA

"A unique place to work and we are have the opportunity to play with new technologies."

Person You Work For 4.5 / 5 People You Work With 4.8 / 5 Work Setting 3.4 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3.9 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 3.5 / 5
Business Systems Analyst

"Work here if you're willing to call it a career"

What do you like about working at Berkeley Lab?

"Benefits, work/life balance"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"If you are willing to accomplish nothing and bank a pension, work here"

What don't you like about working at Berkeley Lab?

"Inefficiency, incompetence, backward organizationally"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"the very top has to want to overhaul everything and start over"

Berkeley Lab Reviews FAQs

Is Berkeley Lab a good company to work for?

Berkeley Lab has an overall rating of 4.3 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 29 Berkeley Lab Review Ratings left anonymously by Berkeley Lab employees, which is 10% higher than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 100% of employees would recommend working at Berkeley Lab.

Does Berkeley Lab pay their employees well?

Berkeley Lab employees earn $56,000 annually on average, or $27 per hour, which is 15% lower than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 13 Berkeley Lab employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find Berkeley Lab Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at Berkeley Lab?

100% of employees would recommend working at Berkeley Lab with the overall rating of 4.3 out of 5. Employees also rated Berkeley Lab 4.1 out of 5 for Company Culture, 4.0 for Rewards You Receive, 4.0 for Growth Opportunities and 4.4 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at Berkeley Lab?

According to our data, the highest paying job at Berkeley Lab is a Senior Infrastructure Architect at $143,000 annually. Browse Berkeley Lab Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at Berkeley Lab?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at Berkeley Lab is a Student Researcher at $26,000 annually. Browse Berkeley Lab Salaries by Job Profile.

What are the pros and cons of working at Berkeley Lab?

According to reviews on CareerBliss, employees commonly rated the pros of working at Berkeley Lab to be Company Culture, Growth Opportunities, People You Work With and Person You Work For, and no cons.

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