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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

      (318 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 318 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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      318 reviews
      5.0
      May 28, 2015

      INTERN

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      You get to learn a lot. Ask questions because everyone there is a genius!

      Cons

      The only con I could think of is the fact that food in the cafeteria is not free.

      2.0
      May 21, 2015

      Very Top-Heavy, Bureaucratic Place to Work

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Cutting-edge science and technology; world-class research facilities; best-and-brightest colleagues.

      Cons

      Meetings, meetings and more meetings. Paperwork out the wazoo, much of it not automated. You end up spending more time negotiating the bureaucracy than you do working on the science.

      4.0
      May 7, 2015

      Overall good place for a graduate student

      Graduate student researcher
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      Pros

      There's a lot of fascinating research going on in a huge range of departments, so it's an exciting place to work. Also, since most SLAC employees are research staff, it seems like work-life balance is better than in many university-based labs (if I stayed in my building past 6 or so, I was often the only person who hadn't gone home).

      Cons

      It can be more difficult to get to know other graduate students at SLAC: the buildings are very spread out and there isn't much in the way of cross-pollination between departments. There's also an extra level of bureaucracy that comes with working at a government lab which can make things frustrating.

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