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4.3

83% would recommend to a friend

(1,079 total reviews)

Michael Witherell

87% approve of CEO

76% positive business outlook

Lawrence Berkeley Lab has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 1,079 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Lawrence Berkeley Lab employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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1K reviews
3.0
Apr 13, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

world class scientists in next door so you can find very high chance for collaboration in various reasearch topics. It provides nice view of San Francisco area and Golden Gate bridge.

Cons

It's hard to balance work/life hours. tight budget. And it has very limited spaces including offices, labs, and parking. There is only one cafeteria on site, and the price is not low even there are not many choices for lunch. Always it needs to find funding sources which it's very difficult in early career stage. Living cost is very high in bay area and single income is not enough to support all expenses specially there is a child(ren) in a family.

2.0
Sep 9, 2010

Not the best place for post-docs

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Name brand and some of the smartest people. Good benefits and time off. Flexible hours and pretty sound work conditions

Cons

no room for promotions get tied to your supervisor-if stuck with a wrong group or micro-manager, it can be a very painful postdoc experience

3.0
Jun 12, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Good science and generally good people. Plenty of opportunity to collaborate, and future job ops will be good when people hear where you worked.

Cons

A bit out of the way but I actually liked that. There will always be a few lab heads that think they are better than everyone and make a postdoc's life hell. I guess that comes with the career I've chosen

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