Here are Glassdoor.com comments from one employee who left very unhappy. But his or her complaints could provide management with several ideas for improving the work environment at Sandia.

Pros

I can’t think of a single thing. I am quitting soon and going back to academia.

Cons

• There is no money for R & D
• If you have a PhD you will be treated without the respect earned by your degree
• There are “technical staff” who couldn’t balance an equation if their life depended on it
• The lab is full of lazy staff members
• FFRDCs are losing funding and as a Sandian you cannot compete for money which is handed out to universities
• if you are a PI, then some idiot manager will be placed in charge of your budget and will spend all the money on the “deadweight”
• There is no focus on sound scientific research and development
• Focus is on nuclear weapons and nothing else matters
• No latitude for creativity
• 90% of the technical staff is over the age of 50
• Employees will tell government agencies anything they want to hear
• Many people here do not understand the scientific method (engineer culture) or the value of hypothesis testing
• Poor culture towards women, minorities, and LGBT (I am a white male)
• Avid climate change deniers in Senior Management
• A tattle culture

Advice to Management
Scuttle the ship?