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      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
      Oct 22, 2010

      Insider experience at SLAC

      Project manager
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Science Projects and its association with Stanford.

      Cons

      Things are always done on the cheap

      4.0
      Jul 20, 2010

      Mechanical Engineering

      Mechanical design specialist
      Recommend
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      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Very laid back and super relaxed work environment. Alot of exciting science experiments going on all the time. Very friendly nice people work at SLAC. Its probably one of the easiest places you'll ever work as far as pressure, deadlines, etc... Although much slower than other places, you will learn quite a bit about vacuum design.

      Cons

      If you are the type that makes a comment when you drive by a construction site because you see one guy digging a hole and 5 guys watching, then don't apply. Welcome to that construction site. There are SO many people in SLAC that tremendously over analyse every thing you design that you are not really designing anything. You are basically just a CAD jockey. They discuss to death the size of a radius or red tone of a safety cover, etc... Its actually quite amusing and that's how you have to deal with it or you will lose your mind. SLAC worries so much about Stanford's reputation that it often gets in the way of very simple decisions in the real world. Anyway, if you like the country club, slow underchallenged pace where you get treated very well, gets lots of holidays and breaks, then this is the place for you.

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