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

"Lawrence Livermore Nat'l lab is a dynamic place to work. Being surrounded and exposed to out of the box thinkers and extremely gifted people in the scientific and engineering community. I've spent over ten years there and have enjoyed and learned a lot of new and exciting things. It truly enhanced my skills, knowledge and abilities. I would recommend it as one of the best places to work."

"It was a fun experience and I wish I was able to do it again."

What do you like about working at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory?

"Very Educational and was able to meet a lot of new people."

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

"Be ready to learn about entrepreneurship and be prepared for potential employers."

What don't you like about working at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory?

"The pace we worked was a bit relaxing and I was hoping to take on more."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"More schools should participate and the timeline shout be extended form 8 weeks to at least 10."

"Cutting edge technology"

What do you like about working at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory?

"Coworkers. Cross-talk is important and we depended on each other more so than some middle management."

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

"Think: 'Navy'. Many managers are former Navy officers and they are more agreeable to hearing about Navy porcesses"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Get rid of the 'Navy Captain' mentality: ...my way or no way. Middle mgt sometimes fails to accept observations/suggestions from the people in the trenches."

"The work that I did was challenging, and something I've never done before."

"It has a very great R&D environment. People are very nice over there."

"The most challenging and interesting work I've ever engaged in."

What do you like about working at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory?

"Great environment, challenging work."

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

"You had better know your stuff"

What don't you like about working at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory?

"Matrix organization"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Streamline top down communications"

"different in the process"

What do you like about working at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory?

"The work load, the character of programs and the ability to make a contribution to the bottom line."

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

"Yes, let your light shine bright enough to be a comet."

What don't you like about working at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory?

"That over the years the assignments have left many patriots without much to choose from in projects"

"Great!"

What do you like about working at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory?

"Nice neighborhood"

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

"Go for it"

What don't you like about working at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory?

"Too much pressure"

"LLNL is a good place, but it's not perfect."

What do you like about working at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory?

"People are great - operation is still struggling with new contracts"

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

"Make sure that the job structure is fully understood and what merits the position to be advanced - the model worked well in the 50's, 60's and 70's - but with the end of the Cold War - it has slowly morphed and isn't fully understood"

What don't you like about working at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory?

"at times it was frustrating as it related to career advancement"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"the overhead is killing the place - needs to be strategically dealt with, not reactionary"

"I did love the people and the place for all oportunities they gave to me"

What do you like about working at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory?

"What a group of people and high tech projects !I was very happy there with the consideration and the support of all people"