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4.0
Average Rating
(based on 38 Los Alamos National Laboratory Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
3.8
Growth Opportunities
3.5
People You Work With
4.4
Person You Work For
4.5
Rewards You Receive
4.0
Support You Get
4.1
Way You Work
4.2
Work Setting
3.8
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Postdoctoral Fellow

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."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Technical Operator

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

"almost nothing is expected of anyone and I can leave my work at the door at the end of the day"

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

"Don't bother, continue your job search elsewhere. Or take the job and immediately start working on your exit strategy while enjoying the income"

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

"We have a reasonable amount of responsibility, but almost no authority, and when we do make decisions they are as likely as not to be overridden"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"a more forward looking emphasis and instill a greater sense of ownership"

Person You Work For 2 / 5 People You Work With 1 / 5 Work Setting 1 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 1 / 5 Way You Work 1 / 5
Fire Protection Engineer

"It was very intersting and a great place to work"

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

"everyone is very professional and knows what to do to make it a better place to work"

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

"be honest with your answers and let them know what you can and can not do"

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

"I liked everything about the company great people to work with"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"none they all know what they are doing and are very willing to help there staff"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Stationary Equipment Mechanic

"Very tedious and unfullfilling"

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

"Get to work on some very high tech cutting edge equipment."

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

"Be sure this is the place for you if you work there.Very unfullfiling lots of things dont make sense."

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

"Very tedious lots of rules and regulations to the point of hindering performance. Intitiative is frowned upon."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Less paper work more ability for workers to do the job."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 2 / 5
Intern

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

"I can work on the project I like, very clean and beautiful town"

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

"Location, high altitude, not to many places for shopping and entertainment"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 1 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Senior Cost Analyst

"I had a great opportunity to lead an IT Audit Group"

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

"A fast paced opportunity. That was a great working environment"

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

"build a complete resume, and prepare for interviewing with management."

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

"slow to get support from management, they were not very responsive"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"need to be more proactive and get the work done"

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

"It is a great place to work, wish it had continued to receive funding"

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

"The experience of working on such an important and large project."

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

"Just be flexible and open to change. The project goes through many phases"

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

"The politics of funding from the federal government when its comes to employment"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would like to see the management have more control over funding"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
QA Engineer
Person You Work For 4.4 / 5 People You Work With 3.9 / 5 Work Setting 4.2 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4.4 / 5
Company Culture 4.3 / 5 Way You Work 4.4 / 5
Student Intern
Person You Work For 4.7 / 5 People You Work With 4.6 / 5 Work Setting 3.9 / 5
Support You Get 4.7 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4.4 / 5
Company Culture 4.7 / 5 Way You Work 4.6 / 5
R&D Engineer
Rewards You Receive 4.8 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4.9 / 5 Company Culture 3.9 / 5
Way You Work 3.9 / 5
Los Alamos National Laboratory Employee

"Good company, but getting hired is difficult."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 3.1 / 5 Work Setting 3.9 / 5
Support You Get 2.9 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3.7 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2.5 / 5
Company Culture 2.5 / 5 Way You Work 3.8 / 5
Physicist
Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4.6 / 5 Work Setting 3.4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2.8 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2.9 / 5
Company Culture 2.7 / 5 Way You Work 4.9 / 5
R&D Engineer
Person You Work For 3.1 / 5 People You Work With 4.1 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2.1 / 5
Company Culture 2.2 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Physicist
Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 3.4 / 5
Support You Get 4.2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3.1 / 5
Company Culture 3.1 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Programmer Analyst

"Good place to work, some co-workers were not team players, but most were."

Person You Work For 4.6 / 5 People You Work With 4.3 / 5 Work Setting 4.1 / 5
Support You Get 4.8 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4.2 / 5
Company Culture 4.9 / 5 Way You Work 4.8 / 5

Los Alamos National Laboratory Reviews FAQs

Is Los Alamos National Laboratory a good company to work for?

Los Alamos National Laboratory has an overall rating of 4.0 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 38 Los Alamos National Laboratory Review Ratings left anonymously by Los Alamos National Laboratory employees, which is 3% higher than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 97% of employees would recommend working at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Does Los Alamos National Laboratory pay their employees well?

Los Alamos National Laboratory employees earn $75,000 annually on average, or $36 per hour, which is 14% higher than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 11 Los Alamos National Laboratory employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find Los Alamos National Laboratory Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at Los Alamos National Laboratory?

97% of employees would recommend working at Los Alamos National Laboratory with the overall rating of 4.0 out of 5. Employees also rated Los Alamos National Laboratory 3.8 out of 5 for Company Culture, 4.0 for Rewards You Receive, 3.5 for Growth Opportunities and 4.1 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at Los Alamos National Laboratory?

According to our data, the highest paying job at Los Alamos National Laboratory is a CIO at $196,000 annually. Browse Los Alamos National Laboratory Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at Los Alamos National Laboratory?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at Los Alamos National Laboratory is a Professor at $30,000 annually. Browse Los Alamos National Laboratory Salaries by Job Profile.

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

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