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Working at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA: 54 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Pasadena, CA Area

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On average, employees in Pasadena, CA at Jet Propulsion Laboratory give their company a 3.3 rating out of 5.0 based on 54, whereas overall Average Rating of Jet Propulsion Laboratory is 4.2 out of 5.0 based on 79 Jet Propulsion Laboratory Review Ratings. The happiest Jet Propulsion Laboratory employees in Pasadena, CA are Software Engineering Interns submitting an average rating of 4.9 and Policy Interns with a rating of 5.0.

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4.2
Average Rating
(based on 62 Jet Propulsion Laboratory Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
4.4
Growth Opportunities
3.8
People You Work With
4.5
Person You Work For
4.2
Rewards You Receive
4.2
Support You Get
4.3
Way You Work
4.3
Work Setting
4.2
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Working at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA: 54 Employee Reviews

Senior Secretary

"To many managers making to may different decisions"

What do you like about working at Jet Propulsion Laboratory?

"The variety of work on an everyday basis."

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

"To much gossip and not enough work."

What don't you like about working at Jet Propulsion Laboratory?

"No communication with staff."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Managers do not listen to the employees or staff."

Systems Test Support Engineer

"Great place, good people, campus atmosphere."

Company-Industry Rating Comparison

4.2
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (79)

4.7 Highest Rated in this Industry is Sigma Designs (5)
2.2 Lowest Rated in this Industry is Polara Engineering (6)
3.9 Average of All Companies in this Industry (20,231)
Analog Design Engineer

What do you like about working at Jet Propulsion Laboratory?

"Interesting projects"

What don't you like about working at Jet Propulsion Laboratory?

"slow"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"to invigorate projects by better organizing R& D work"

Project Resource Analyst

"Good place to work."

Senior Security Engineer

"great for a number of years"

What do you like about working at Jet Propulsion Laboratory?

"good environment in the past"

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

"hard to say"

What don't you like about working at Jet Propulsion Laboratory?

"poor managment changes"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"acquire technical people for management positions"

Associate Engineer

"A great opportunity to work with very smart people."

What do you like about working at Jet Propulsion Laboratory?

"It was an opportunity to work with the brightest scientific minds in the world on experiments that had the potential to change the way we look at the universe."

What don't you like about working at Jet Propulsion Laboratory?

"The pay was substandard compared to the private sector."

Research Intern

"It was a great experience."

QA Engineer

What do you like about working at Jet Propulsion Laboratory?

"Great Challenge, and very satisfying!!"

What don't you like about working at Jet Propulsion Laboratory?

"Long commute."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"More communication as to what's going on with the Projects."

Software Engineer

"Great place to work with a lot of cool technologies, but slow career growth like other government agencies."

What do you like about working at Jet Propulsion Laboratory?

"Working with incredibly smart people on projects with world impact."

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

"Maintain a good attitude and display scientific curiosity."

What don't you like about working at Jet Propulsion Laboratory?

"Slow career growth and difficulty transitioning among departments."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be less bureaucratic."

Senior Programmer Analyst

"Good place to work"

What do you like about working at Jet Propulsion Laboratory?

"Have good work atmosphere"

Export Administrator

"Classifying the export regualations & train the lab (scientist & engineers) with the regulations"

What do you like about working at Jet Propulsion Laboratory?

"Flexible working hours, assisting & training people with the export regulations"

What don't you like about working at Jet Propulsion Laboratory?

"Not enough challenges"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They didn't properly managed the staffs with their daily work"

Software Engineer

"One of the best work experiences of my life; to bad it is goverment"

What do you like about working at Jet Propulsion Laboratory?

"The wide array of projects and the hands-on experience of hardware to software configuration"

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

"Most likely the original role you sign up for will change and you will do somethign completely different"

What don't you like about working at Jet Propulsion Laboratory?

"Compensation! non-profit organization does not lend itself well to compensating for the vast roles and responsibilities"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Probably to many cheifs and not enough workers."

Web Application Developer

"Good place to work."

Enterprise Application Software Engineer
Person You Work For 3.9 / 5 People You Work With 4.3 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3.1 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3.4 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 3.9 / 5
Procurement Manager
Person You Work For 4.7 / 5 People You Work With 4.5 / 5 Work Setting 4.5 / 5
Support You Get 4.9 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4.5 / 5
Company Culture 4.5 / 5 Way You Work 4.5 / 5
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