Jet Propulsion Laboratory Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"JPL is a very good place to work."

"Establish budget projections,monitor the costs,inc.cost to schedule variance,EVM"

What do you like about working at Jet Propulsion Laboratory?

"It was close, and I learned a lot. from the people I worked with and software I used."

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

"Be flexible and adaptable to anything that may be presented to you."

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

"Nothing, there was room for advancement, which I did, and always a new challenge."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Look for different ways of accomplishing the same task - there may be a better way to do it."

"hands-on experience"

What do you like about working at Jet Propulsion Laboratory?

"advance technical level reputation"

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

"Funding"

"great people and benefits, too much paperwork"

What do you like about working at Jet Propulsion Laboratory?

"The unique type of scientific and engineering challenges: space exploration"

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

"Be bold as questions show that you are interested not only in the technical work but also in the overall processes"

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

"Too much paperwork and somehow inertial to change too much regulation"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Streamline the processes make sure projects are complete by the deadline otherwise projects get cut for being over budget"

"One of the best working environment with rich culture"

What do you like about working at Jet Propulsion Laboratory?

"Space is the final frontier. Pushing the envelope at all times. If you like challenge - it does not get better than this."

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

"You won't get rich financially working here, but you will love doing what is best."

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

"Politicians in Washington pooling the strings. Congress not realizing the long term benefits for the work NASA had done and could continue to do."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Do what is right not what looks right. Speak your mind and stand for what you believe and not to mold to the politics of the time."

"Very interesting work that is done nowhere else."

What do you like about working at Jet Propulsion Laboratory?

"Very interesting work that is done no where else on Earth"

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

"Interviewing at JPL is just like interviewing at any company."

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

"Lack of business base and management vision, and a lack of future work"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They need to get their costs in line, instead of just saying that it is a problem"

What do you like about working at Jet Propulsion Laboratory?

"Freedom to pursue personal interests related to space exploration and earth resource reconnaissance"

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

"Don't try and Bull crap your way through an interview, they will eat you alive and then spit you out."

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

"I have no complaints concerning working at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The Jet Propulsion Laboratory management structure was excellent and I have no suggestions."

"Great Internship"

What do you like about working at Jet Propulsion Laboratory?

"The name of the company Jet Propulsion Laboratory speaks for itself."

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

"Do research on the position they are applying for in advance."

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

"The commute to Pasadena was harsh and the parking situation was terrible."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Since I was an intern at JPL, I worked solely under my mentor."

"JPL performs interesting and stimulating work for NASA!"

What do you like about working at Jet Propulsion Laboratory?

"JPL is the world leader in sending unmanned probes into outer space and the level of expertise there is very high. Working with consummate professionals in engineering and science was a pleasure."

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

"Be friendly and professional. An interest in science and space programs is very helpful."

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

"Upward mobility in some fields is good, other fields, less so."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Providing more career opportunities for non-scientific/engineering personnel would be a plus."

"JPL has great missions to work on, but awful politics"

What do you like about working at Jet Propulsion Laboratory?

"The missions are great, spacecraft exploring much of our solar system"

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

"The missions are great, but you better have a tolerance for poor management and waste"

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

"The politics are awful, with incompetent managers who got there by backstabbing and stealing credit"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Current management should retire and select their replacements by random draw among employees since their choices in subordinates are so bad"

What do you like about working at Jet Propulsion Laboratory?

"Working in a unique domain (space exploration), talented group of software developers"

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

"It's fun for a while but be prepared to move on when it gets old."

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

"Too mired in legacy ways of thinking and doing work, never time to do it right but always time to do it over. Too much internal competition--duplication of effort and wasted time--multiple stove-piped internal organizations working against one another not competing for the same work but worse actually *doing* the same work."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"move away from the failing, legacy hierarchical management system to a better, more modern organizational leadership model where software development using Scrum and design methodologies are encouraged and can flourish."

"The company is really perfect to work for. Every one has a dream to work for JPL. It has very good benefit and compensation. The staff are really friendly."

"Great Federal Government Company to work for. They use Oracle Financials R12 also SCM and HRMS."

"I have worked at JPL for over 30 years as a contractor and as a employee. It was a great place to work. The work is very interesting, intense, and important. As a system architect I oversaw many large and small projects. It is good experience to see the project go from proposal to fruition."

"Really excellent experience."