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      3.6

      60% would recommend to a friend

      (245 total reviews)
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      Andy Page

      62% approve of CEO

      36% positive business outlook

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      ORAU has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 245 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The ORAU employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Nonprofit & NGO industry (3.7 stars).

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      245 reviews
      3.0
      Oct 19, 2009

      Stable Company, but transitioning

      Senior project manager
      Recommend
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      Business Outlook

      Pros

      We are growing significantly even though the rest of the economy is in recession. The company is beginning to recognize that it needs to catch up with the times. The new CEO is taking action to gather feedback from employees to make the company better and more competitive.

      Cons

      Change is hard. High performance is not recognized or rewarded by the culture, management, or system unless you have been at the company for over 20 years. It takes a long time as a newcomer to figure out how things work or to have your opinion accepted as being equal to someone who has been around for a long time, even if one is being hired for a specific expertise.

      2.0
      Feb 25, 2009

      Choose your mentor and project carefully if you postdoc at a national lab with ORAU

      postdoctoral researcher
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      For postdoctoral researchers, placement in a national lab can be a great learning experience. However, any positives of the post-doc and career advancement are due to the specific project and mentor and not to Oak Ridge's management of the program.

      Cons

      The salaries and benefits they provide to very skilled, recent phds is completely inadequate. Post-docs can often just be treated as 'free labor' if they are not proactive with their mentors and diligent about their own professional development. ORAU does not advocate for the postdocs or take an interest in the mentoring process, or progress of a postdoc's project after they accept the position.

      4.0
      Jun 12, 2008

      Good place to work with very low turn over.

      Programmer/analyst
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Company really values its employees. Very concerned about the health and safety of their employees. This is reflected in the very low turn over in employees. They are not afraid to spend money on training staff especially in the IT department where each employee has an education/training budget. The work is diverse and you get to work with a wide variety of subjects and projects. You actually feel like you are doing something important.

      Cons

      Not for profit organization. Pay may be lower than other places. Because of the low turn over of employees the average of employees is pushing 50 years old. There will be a large turn over from retirement in the next ten years.

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