Good place when you have good supervisor, but can be too focused on year-to-year funding cycles without long term view - Research Associate Lawrence Berkeley Lab Employee Review

Very interesting work and love the people

None i really like it

work life balance; World-Class User Facilities and Instruments, Top-Tier Scientific Collaboration

Temporary Nature of Early-Career Roles: For postdoctoral researchers, positions are inherently temporary. Securing a permanent Staff Scientist role at a national lab is notoriously difficult due to limited openings and highly competitive, lifelong tenures, which often forces researchers to look externally for long-term career growth.