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      3.6

      60% would recommend to a friend

      (245 total reviews)
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      62% approve of CEO

      36% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.9

      Work/Life balance

      3.9

      Career opportunities

      3.6

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.5

      Compensation and benefits

      3.4

      Culture & values

      3.1

      Senior management

      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
      CEO approval
      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
      Mar 4, 2009

      ORAU is a safe and secure place to work

      Project staff
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Very secure. Genuine and nice people. Supportive and understanding of family obligations. People are caring and they have a lot of parties to celebrate important events in people's lives. There are a lot of close friendships between staff. It is a very egalitarian and collegial environment. For some employees it can be a very flexible place to work. The interagency agreement is a wonderful mechanism for contracting and allows us to do a lot of interesting work and work with some of the most interesting and pressing issues that are going on. I like the diversity of the work opportunities.

      Cons

      Compensation compared to similar type jobs with other consulting companies and the Fed is low, but for the local economy it is pretty good. Performance is not rewarded adequately. There is a lack of fairness as to who and what gets rewarded. Overhead funding for program staff is limited therefore training and professional development opportunities are limited. Senior management are mostly all over the age of 50 and they are reluctant to groom and bring in new people to the upper management structure. The culture tends to disdain ambitious and high-energy staff members. It takes a long time to learn and navigate the ins and outs of working there.

      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.

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