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      4.4

      86% would recommend to a friend

      (1,793 total reviews)
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      Charles F. Bolden, Jr.

      83% approve of CEO

      60% positive business outlook

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      4.4

      Culture & values

      4.4

      Work/Life balance

      4.3

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.3

      Career opportunities

      4.2

      Senior management

      4.1

      Compensation and benefits

      NASA has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 1,793 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The NASA employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Gobierno y administración pública industry (3.7 stars).

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      2K reviews
      5.0
      Jun 29, 2015

      Excellent

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Excellent place to start your career. you will learn a lot from the experts.

      Cons

      Nothing that I can think of at this point.

      1.0
      Jun 16, 2015

      Not As Reported

      Owner
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The technical side of NASA is good, with highly intelligent engineers and scientists.

      Cons

      The administrative side is lacking in quality leaders, managers and workers.

      4.0
      Apr 22, 2015

      Engineer

      Engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The people are the strength at Ames. I've been to several centers and the Ames campus has a lot of really interesting staff with diverse interests outside the workplace. The campus is large, plenty of trees and room to run. The workforce is older, but the number of 20 & 30 somethings has radically jumped in the last few years. There are some good fringe benefits - gym, child care center, happy hours, etc. The upper management is some of the best I've seen at NASA, in that they seem to be technically savvy and have a general consideration for their employees. Ames is also of the more innovative NASA centers, really pushing the envelope within the agency. It's a small pond - if you are technically capable you can jump right in and make an impact.

      Cons

      The work is fun, interesting, but often only moderately inspiring - the flagship projects go to larger centers. The center has a culture of subcontracting challenging, detailed designs, which is fine if you're a systems engineer, or project manager, but not if you're a design engineer. The large numbers of scientists mean that Ames hits the senior-level quota very quickly, leaving little room for engineers to get promoted. This quota is set by HQ and Congress, indirectly. Promotion criteria can be a bit flimsy.

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