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4.1
Average Rating
(based on 208 NASA Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
4.0
Growth Opportunities
3.7
People You Work With
4.5
Person You Work For
4.4
Rewards You Receive
3.9
Support You Get
4.1
Way You Work
4.3
Work Setting
4.1
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Systems Engineer
"I've worked for NASA Langley for 30 years, and find it to truly be one of the best work experiences/environment possible."
Posted 11 years ago in Hampton, VA
Research Assistant
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
Software Engineer
Person You Work For 4.9 / 5 People You Work With 4.9 / 5 Work Setting 4.8 / 5
Support You Get 4.8 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.9 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4.2 / 5
Company Culture 4.9 / 5 Way You Work 4.9 / 5
Biological Sciences Intern
Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4.5 / 5 Work Setting 4.3 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4.5 / 5
Company Culture 4.1 / 5 Way You Work 4.3 / 5
Junior Systems Administrator
Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4.9 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4.5 / 5
Company Culture 4.6 / 5 Way You Work 4.6 / 5
Director of PR
in Houston, TX

What do you like about working at NASA?

"Everything. It was a very interesting job, one that showed me the capabilities that I have and how much I can offer as employee."

Computer Systems Analyst
Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Senior Research Associate

What do you like about working at NASA?

"The cutting edge science and engineering research. The forefront technical equipment. The inspiring and highly intelligent scientists."

Aerospace Engineer

"Great employer for growth in both education and experience in research and technology development for aeronautical engineering and space science. I earned advanced education and great experience while working there."

What do you like about working at NASA?

"A place with friendly working people of great engineers and scientists with whom one can associate with well and learn from great knowledge of engineering and science. Plenty of opportunity to explore both fundamentals and applied technology with test facilities: wind tunnel, small table-top setup, instrumentation, data acquisition and processing, and independent theoretical and numerical modelings of some challenging physical problems."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Well familiar with product lines, position of company vs. competitors, and willing to take risk."

Senior Project Manager

"Amazing people and environment, remote location but unlimited growth potential within organization and skill set."

What don't you like about working at NASA?

"long drive, constant contract renewals, new award start advancement over with new company same job."

Documentation Specialist

What do you like about working at NASA?

"I worked as a contractor at NASA. It is an excellent work environment with a group of great and knowledgeable people."

Intern
in Mountain View, CA

What do you like about working at NASA?

"It's cool factor, you get to see new types of technology."

Information Security Officer
in Washington, DC

"A good place to go if you have no desire to move forward."

What do you like about working at NASA?

"The Federal Gov't benefits and retirement packages are some of the best in the country."

Computer Engineer
in Kennedy Space Center, FL

"I enjoyed working for NASA and gained much experience in embedded engineering, but many layoffs had been impending with the closing of KSC."

What do you like about working at NASA?

"Great equipment and projects. Excellent benefits."

What don't you like about working at NASA?

"Management was not very competent. Instability due to impending closing of KSC."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Managers need to be very familiar with the technical skills required for each project, and need to use resources (personnel) in a less wasteful manner."

Information Systems Security Advisor
in Cleveland, OH

"NASA is good if you want to do the same thing all of your life, with little change."

What do you like about working at NASA?

"The people are nice and the schedule is flexible."

What don't you like about working at NASA?

"Management is weak, there is little potential to move up, and NASA wastes a lot of money."

IT Specialist

"Definitely interesting, an experience that even today I reflect back on."

NASA Reviews FAQs

Is NASA a good company to work for?

NASA has an overall rating of 4.1 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 208 NASA Review Ratings left anonymously by NASA employees, which is 5% higher than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 98% of employees would recommend working at NASA.

Does NASA pay their employees well?

NASA employees earn $65,000 annually on average, or $31 per hour, which is 2% lower than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 42 NASA employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find NASA Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at NASA?

98% of employees would recommend working at NASA with the overall rating of 4.1 out of 5. Employees also rated NASA 4.0 out of 5 for Company Culture, 3.9 for Rewards You Receive, 3.7 for Growth Opportunities and 4.1 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at NASA?

According to our data, the highest paying job at NASA is a Inventor at $240,000 annually. Browse NASA Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at NASA?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at NASA is a Researcher at $18,000 annually. Browse NASA Salaries by Job Profile.

What are the pros and cons of working at NASA?

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

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