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Not bad yet not good - Senior Systeem Engineer Lawrence Berkeley Lab Employee Review

3.0
Dec 16, 2025
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Pros

* Pension program available for those work at LBL for 5 or more years. * Nice view of the bay from the Lab. * Satisfaction attained from working on research projects.

Cons

* Pay is significantly less than working in private industry. * Management consists of scientists who are skilled on the nuances of the sciences related to their PHD degrees rather than on the skills needed to manage groups of people (Peter Principle). * Bureaucratic, slow moving, with a lot of red tape.

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5.0
May 4, 2026
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Pros

Interesting work and beautiful environment

Cons

Space can be a bit tight

3.0
May 27, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Beautiful location, you oversee the Bay, Golden Gate Bridge and SF. Research environment, great bridge for academics to transition to a more applied research. Benefits quite good

Cons

Low wages, especially in the scientific staff. Basically no career progression. Offices are a mixed bags (some departments have brand new buildings, others have very old buildings). Do not rely on their immigration services to get anything beyond temporary work visas.

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