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Try to survive by yourself - Anonymous employee Lawrence Berkeley Lab Employee Review

2.0
8 Mar 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The location is good, and the lab includes a big variety of resources.

Cons

Some scientists, so-called "PI" here, don't quite support their postdoc's career, although high work load are assigned to postdoc. For example, the opportunity for postdocs to go outside for conference is much smaller than in universities, though the PIs keep flying everywhere to present the data from their postdocs. So sad and discouraging!

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Cons

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3.0
27 May 2026
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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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