Fermilab reviews

3.4

52% would recommend to a friend

(228 total reviews)
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Nigel Lockyer

47% approve of CEO

37% positive business outlook

Fermilab has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 228 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Fermilab employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Government & Public Administration industry (3.6 stars).

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228 reviews
1.0
Dec 16, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Remote work. Science and smart scientists Bison

Cons

The most visible are Incompetence and lack of integrity. Hostile and unethical culture. Lots of red tape and delays. Talking heads in management - words and power points, no real action. Everything looks great to watch from a distance. Be prepared to witness or be a victim on unhealthy favoritism.Not a place to grow or learn new things. Intimidation, toxic culture and lack of real plan is causing high turnower.

1.0
Dec 13, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Landscapes and nature, Wilson Hall building, some decent coworkers, some benefits, great science.

Cons

From what I can remember: Full of bullies that none was doing anything about. Culture of hostility, lack of accountability or work life balance. The most incompetent and dishonest were being picked for management thus none trusted them, They could not hire or retain decent people despite of offered salaries (better than in Argonne). It was difficult to do my job or learn anything new since all the processes were antiquated or non existent and majority of knowledgeable people had left or were planning to leave. Chaos and breach of ethics - managers forcing us to do things we did not agree with. Favoritism - anyone with healthy work ethics was getting overworked so the cronies could continue doing nothing/just making impression. Diversity and inclusion not really a thing, just a talk.

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