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Great place to work if you look like upper management - Anonymous employee Lawrence Berkeley Lab Employee Review

2.0
23 July 2019
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great benefits and great salary.

Cons

Upper management represents the spectrum of Ivory. If your skin color falls on the spectrum you will get promoted or groomed into a management position. They claim to value diversity, yet only 8% of the staff represents women of color. If you're the "wrong" color you will not be promoted. In fact, you will have a hard time moving around. Many of the managers suffer from discrimination and favoritism. Most have been promoted based on color and network. Many only have a highschool diploma. Regular staff members range from Bacholors degrees to MBA. If you can stomach the toxicity utilize the education program before jumping ship.

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Cons

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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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