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      SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

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      SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory reviews

      4.0

      71% would recommend to a friend

      (317 total reviews)

      John Sarrao

      71% approve of CEO

      68% positive business outlook

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      SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 317 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory 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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      317 reviews
      3.0
      Sep 4, 2012

      Wickedly smart people coasting to mediocrity

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Great benefits, supportive of family life, onsite gym, loads of crazy smart people

      Cons

      command-and-control orientation, perverse incentives to technical contributors, and the "safety culture" has ossified into deep failure aversion

      4.0
      Jun 21, 2012

      Place to be for scientists

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Very good place to do science for short time (2-4 years), good experience, smart people, interesting science, beautiful location and views, good pay, frequent visits of deers, football field,

      Cons

      Overgrown administration, lots of politics, not so good cafeteria, recent savings on electricity, many meetings,

      2.0
      Jun 7, 2012

      Great science. Bad operations.

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Great science, good benefits, not bad salaries. If you want your kids to go to college and are ok doing the same thing for 30 years, this may be a good choice for you.

      Cons

      Operations is a mess. They can't keep anybody brought in to change things because there are many stubborn interests stuck in the past and many regulations from the government. DO NOT work in Computing Dept. they can't keep a CIO and nobody at the lab including the people who work there like it. Funding is going down.

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