Working at Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, NM: 39 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Los Alamos, NM Area

"Come work at LANL and find out for yourself"

"LANL is a place that suggests good salaries, but if money is not obtained up front, there is little room for forward progression in the way of upward mobility, and the yearly raises are low. the company average is about 1% to 2% of salary in the way of raises, which is less than cost of living increase. LANL has a continuing problem of not following its own procedures related to human resources and conflict management."

"I have worked for Los Alamos for the last two years. Technical and challenging work."

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"I work as an intern there. I do not have much experience with them. I just feel they are not friendly to foreigners."

"Worked on structure learning of Graphical models for time series data. Work environment is a mix of academic and product driven. Colleagues are friendly, respectful and supportive."

"Good environment to work in. Smart people around."

"I've been working with the topic about Malware detection with Los Alamos National Lab. We had a great time collaborate with each other, and the sources they have are advanced and innovative. Also, they have a great connection with academic which they are willing to try new theorem and apply to the real problems. It's a really good chance for a PhD student like me to involve in industry by this process."

"Physical work environment can be difficult and the worry over yearly budget can be stressful. I do get a long well with my managers and co-workers and programming for a living is a dream job."

"I worked for the laboratory for 3 years. Best 3 years of employment of my life. Hated leaving but I had to move out of state."

What do you like about working at Los Alamos National Laboratory?

"Overall experience is great and can be most rewarding with great staff and managers."

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

"Provide how you can contribute to the company and what makes you qualified."

What don't you like about working at Los Alamos National Laboratory?

"The company is big and if you don't make a significant contribution, you can be overlooked quite easily."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management can ask for more input on a variety of issues from staff."

"Great place to work"

What do you like about working at Los Alamos National Laboratory?

"The work and the people at Los Alamos are great"

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

"Yes, be the best at what you do and you will have a great time."

What don't you like about working at Los Alamos National Laboratory?

"To much training on things the don't relate to the job."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Training takes to much time. When Its for the job then great, but not when it's not for the job."

What do you like about working at Los Alamos National Laboratory?

"The opportunity to work on issues of national or global impact, and the history of this world-changing institution."

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

"Emphasize your ability to comply with safety requirements in the workplace."

What don't you like about working at Los Alamos National Laboratory?

"The facilities are variable in age and quality, and the uncertainty of project-to-project work."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Provide better support for small projects; huge projects aren't the only ones that matter."

What do you like about working at Los Alamos National Laboratory?

"I enjoyed the support from management and the benefits which they provided to employees."

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

"Be advised that you can be layed off at any time otherwise, it was a good experience working for them."

What don't you like about working at Los Alamos National Laboratory?

"I did not like that and perhaps more a reflection of the current DOE budgent that the company was not able to have back up work for employees."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would of expected management to at least be able to sit down with you prior to laying an employee rather than allowing an assistant to do so."

What do you like about working at Los Alamos National Laboratory?

"That I get to be creative and learn a lot. I have added new skills to my repertoire over time."

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

"It is a high pressure environment as funding is scarce at the moment (2012) and it is an environment in which you have to keep learning new stuff because it does not just fund similar work or continuation of a project."

What don't you like about working at Los Alamos National Laboratory?

"The amount of pressure and the work-life balance. I have stopped having any hobbues."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"If I were my own boss, I would be less demanding and tough and I would work towards creating an environment to get the best out of me."