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What do you like about working at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory?
"There was so many areas you could grow."
What don't you like about working at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory?
"Most managers were scientists who took over as managers without any experience on how to manage people."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Require new managers to take some education on manageing people."
"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"
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"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"
"Mismanaged cold war relic without a future."
What do you like about working at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory?
"Working with a group of the brightest people I've ever met on really hard problems."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Be sure to ask the people you work with about the work environment -- limitations on cell phones, computer use, how you will be monitored, etc. Yes, much of the work is sensitive and needs to be protected, but there is also an obvious lack of trust in the employees."
What don't you like about working at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory?
"While a lot of good work was done there, most was thrown away and promptly forgotten."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"The overhead is way too high -- fire 80% of the top managers and all of middle management. I went to work for a different government contractor where our top-tier talent costs the government half of what it would have at LLNL, and the average talent costs a quarter and the employee pay and benefits are better."
What do you like about working at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory?
"The projects are intellectually stimulating."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"You have to like science."
What don't you like about working at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory?
"The politics."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Allow more growth opportunities."
"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"
"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"
"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"
"It has a very great R&D environment. People are very nice over there."
"The work that I did was challenging, and something I've never done before."
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Is Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory a good company to work for?
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has an overall rating of 4.1 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 31 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Review Ratings left anonymously by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory employees, which is 5% higher than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 90% of employees would recommend working at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Does Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory pay their employees well?
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory employees earn $79,500 annually on average, or $38 per hour, which is 20% higher than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 17 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Salaries by Job Title.
How satisfied are employees working at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory?
90% of employees would recommend working at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory with the overall rating of 4.1 out of 5. Employees also rated Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 4.0 out of 5 for Company Culture, 3.9 for Rewards You Receive, 3.6 for Growth Opportunities and 4.2 for support you get.
What is the highest paying job at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory?
According to our data, the highest paying job at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is a Language Consultant at $230,000 annually. Browse Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Salaries by Job Profile.
What is the lowest paying job at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory?
According to our data, the lowest paying job at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is a Research Fellow at $25,000 annually. Browse Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Salaries by Job Profile.
What are the pros and cons of working at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory?
According to reviews on CareerBliss, employees commonly rated the pros of working at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to be Company Culture, Growth Opportunities, People You Work With and Person You Work For, and no cons.
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