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Working at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, CA: 31 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Livermore, CA Area

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On average, employees in Livermore, CA at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory give their company a 3.4 rating out of 5.0 based on 31, whereas overall Average Rating of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is 4.1 out of 5.0 based on 40 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Review Ratings. The happiest Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory employees in Livermore, CA are Senior User Experience Designers submitting an average rating of 5.0 and Anonymous Employees with a rating of 3.8.

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4.1
Average Rating
(based on 31 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
4.0
Growth Opportunities
3.6
People You Work With
4.4
Person You Work For
4.3
Rewards You Receive
3.9
Support You Get
4.2
Way You Work
4.3
Work Setting
3.8
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"I have been working at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory since 2009, as a summer intern and a postdoctoral researcher. This lab is an ideal place for people who seek research-oriented jobs, having a great opportunity for high performance computing."
Posted 10 years ago in Livermore, CA

Working at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, CA: 31 Employee Reviews

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Employee

"Great place to work. Amazing environment."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Employee

"I worked for LLNL during the summer of 2019 as an intern, and I greatly enjoyed the opportunity I had to learn about FPGA development and make an impact in a supportive environment."

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

Company-Industry Rating Comparison

4.1
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (40)

4.4 Highest Rated in this Industry is Oak Ridge National Laboratory (21)
3.1 Lowest Rated in this Industry is Pilot Travel Centers (17)
3.7 Average of All Companies in this Industry (458)
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Employee

"I've worked for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for 2.5 years. It provides an amazing opportunity to work with incredibly smart people from a diverse set of backgrounds. The salary is competitive for academia but not with nearby Silicon Valley. Despite this, I was incredibly happy here the entire time."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Employee

"Great place to work, with excellent work-life balance, cool science, and a strong and worthwhile mission."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Employee

"I would recommend a job at LLNL for a entry level engineer, however the company is very dated. The age distribution is tilted to older which can be seen in the lack of creativity in projects and design execution."

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

"I've interned at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for four summers. It is a great place to work, the team dynamics and the work that we get to do is all amazing. I definitely would recommend, it's a great place to work."

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 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Senior User Experience Designer

"Good company to work. I am a contractor but its good place for full time. While at LLNL I gained knowledge about gov work security."

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
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Employee

"LLNL is a strong and exciting company with plenty of opportunities to work on a wide variety of interesting projects. The people at the company are hard working, honest, and reliable. The stress factor is relatively low and the work life balance is very good."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Employee

"Great place to work. I highly recommend people to take a shot and try to apply. It will be a great expierence and you woill make ever lasting bonds with the friends you make."

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
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Employee

"Not a bad place to work but there is no retirement package, not much of an incentive to stay if you are young."

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

"I enjoyed my experience there."

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 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Postdoctoral Research Associate

"I have been working at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory since 2009, as a summer intern and a postdoctoral researcher. This lab is an ideal place for people who seek research-oriented jobs, having a great opportunity for high performance computing."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Employee

"LLNL is strapped down by a mass of middle management who are very overpaid, very under-qualified, and have set up a monopoly which keeps IT from progressing."

Person You Work For 2 / 5 People You Work With 2 / 5 Work Setting 2 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 2 / 5
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Employee

"I feel like it could have been a great place to work or call home in the long term, but with the government budget cuts and all the layoffs, it started off as a great thing that became a very scary place to work because no one knew if they would be gone or not.I would most definitely work there again if given the opportunity, but the economy in government npo work is very scary!"

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

"It is a prestigious security lab to do research."

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