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What is most positive about the culture and environment at your company?

Institute is moving towards being more inclusive and transparent

There is room to grow and evolve as an employee.

The dedication and team working environment that is absolutely possible and coveted. It is too often torn apart by incompetent management and office politics. Managers are people at JPL who moved up over the years because of their technical expertise - it does not make them good managers.

Review from Engineering Dept

The people and the mission

Everyone has a can-do attitude and respects others' work.

Review from Engineering Dept

Comfortable reporting concerns to management

We are a bunch of smart and motivated people doing really interesting and valuable work.

Openness and ability to speak your mind without fear of repercussions (losing your job).

There are always new people to make friends with and share backgrounds and drink beer before the next launch.

We send robots to other planets. What could be better?

Review from Engineering Dept

What needs to change to make the company culture better?

More transparency, better policies, better pay

Review from Engineering Dept

No consideraton of work life ballance

More communications with young employees

Review from Engineering Dept

Reduce unnecessary red-tapes and remove incompetent drill sergeant supervisors who micromanage the competent technical experts to death!

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Review Sentiment at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

75
75%
25
25%

About NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Environment

C-
65/100

Where This Score Ranks NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Environment

BOTTOM
35%

In the Bottom 35% of 2025 similar size companies on Comparably

BOTTOM
30%

In the Bottom 30% of 318 companies in Los Angeles

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Not enough ratings to compare against competitors

The environment at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory is considered positive by 69% of employees and regarded as having a “comfortably fast” work pace by 18 employees. NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory ranks in the Bottom 35% of 2025 similar sized companies (1,001-5,000 Employees) on Comparably and Bottom 30% of 318 companies in Los Angeles.

Rate Environment the Highest

  • Ethnicity - Hispanic or Latino
    +15%
  • Gender - Female
    +6%
  • Department - Engineering
    +4%

Rate Environment the Lowest

  • Department - IT
    -14%
  • Ethnicity - Other
    -11%
  • Gender - Male
    -7%

How NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Environment Score is Calculated

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Results from 52 Employees in All Departments, All Genders, All Ethnicities and All Yrs. Experience Experience

AnswerPercent
7 or less4%
833%
1045%
1210%
More than 128%
On average, how many hours do you work a day?
AnswerPercent
Extremely fast18%
Comfortably fast35%
Moderate31%
A bit slow10%
Bureaucratic6%
What's the work pace at your company?
AnswerPercent
Positive69%
Negative31%
Is your work environment positive or negative?
AnswerPercent
Yes67%
No33%
Does someone you work with closely, make you want to quit your job?
AnswerPercent
Yes67%
No33%
Do you have a close friend at work?
AnswerPercent
5% or Less75%
5-10%0%
10-25%25%
25-50%0%
50%+0%
What % of the time are you bored at work?

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