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      USRA Reviews

      3.3

      52% would recommend to a friend

      (98 total reviews)

      Elsayed Talaat

      Not enough data to show CEO approval

      23% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.7

      Diversity and inclusion

      3.7

      Work/Life balance

      3.4

      Culture and values

      3.2

      Compensation and benefits

      3.1

      Career opportunities

      3.0

      Senior management

      USRA has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 98 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The USRA employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management and consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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      98 reviews
      1.0
      2 May 2017

      "USRA HR+Management rented a whole building.... for 5 people in Mtn View"

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Huh? I was hired by people under UARC, which was a UCSC + NASA thing. UCSC never got in the way of our day-to-day work, whereas USRA screens *personal emails* and makes ridiculous policy punishments. USRA taking over UARC projects has been a very big mistake and a big liability to the current people who transferred from UARC to USRA. What pros?

      Cons

      Aside from the management grossly over-estimating their importance to research, expect these people to monitor every facet of your social media, and even your personal emails (gmail) that go through the NASA wifi on whatever research center you're working on. I've discovered that research contracting has a lot of conflicts-of-interest, and I would not be surprised if USRA was sued or becomes in engulfed in litigation over the next year. I have to give this company *at least a 1 star rating*, even if USRA does not deserve it. I cannot give them a lower rating due to the sites features. USRA aren't scientists, they are SUITS. Stay far far way.

      3.0
      22 Mar 2017

      The truth about USRA

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Mission is interesting. The benefits are good. Vacation & holidays aren't as good as government employment but way better than commercial. Retirement has decent matching. Unless you are in executive management, bonuses are comical. USRA is a steward of taxpayer money, so they should be conservative with how bonuses and the like are being applied. Being employed as a RESEARCHER or EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT, there are plenty of advantages including work life balance. Being employee on the mid to lower level on the business side, the benefits aren't as great. As far as compensation goes, management has been making an effort to provide rhyme and reason to what employees are paid, creating awareness on what is expected in order to be considered for promotion.

      Cons

      Caution: Undergoing major reorganization prepare for headaches and additional workload. With any reorg, in any company, there are plenty of headaches. Upper management could have prepared, communicated, or enlisted individuals working at the company longer than 1 year for input on the changes and the impact of said changes. That is in the past, and we must work in the present. Advice to anyone considering working here: If you are interested in not being a team player, interested in being a slacker and only doing the bare minimum, interested in simply collecting your paycheck, please do not work here. USRA needs individuals who care about the work product they put out. USRA needs individual who are self motivated. USRA also needs to get rid of all the dead weight in the company that provide little or no benefit.

      2.0
      8 Aug 2017

      USRA Can't Get Out Of Its Own Way

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      USRA is a versatile organization that does great science in the field. It is because of the quality of work in the field, USRA can compete with major government contractors as a organization of approximently 500 staff. STEM Education initiative is getting high visibility and attention. It seems that a demand has been met with the STEM center at USRA Headquarters. There are great individuals working for USRA throughout the organization. *The pros are the only thing keeping this review from being 1 star or less.

      Cons

      All in all it is a very tough place to have to come into the office everyday. The top management does not trust employees and the approach feels as though nearly everyone is easily replaceable. So the good talent is leaving and aren't getting replaced. I believe that the top management level are not what I would consider leaders. They lack the ability to inspire and empower staff. There are leaders throughout the other levels of the organization, however they are not heard and not empowered to get their jobs done without having to flow operations through top management.

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