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A mixed bag - Anonymous employee Y-12 National Security Complex Employee Review

3.0
25 Jun 2015
Anonymous employee
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Pros

People are generally good to work and get along with. Employment is stable and a general lack of hard deadlines allows you to produce high quality work without being rushed. Promotions and raises seemed mostly commensurate to performance. Employees can receive up to 5 weeks PTO. Although riled by many, a new high-deductible health care option this year benefits those who strive to be healthy.

Cons

Most buildings look bad and are very old. Unionized craft workforce rules are aggravating to deal with. Benefits overall went downhill starting this year. Employer 401k contributions decreased. Monthly time balancing went away. Parking situation going from bad to worse for many employees. If you are one of the many unlucky ones, any time you enter or leave your workplace you'll now have to walk a long distance or ride a shuttle which only operates at certain times. Also no cellphones (or even fitbits, etc) are allowed in many areas and personal internet access is restricted. Want to send a quick text or need to check an important email from someone? That'll now take 30 minutes roundtrip to your car. Ridiculous.

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5.0
20 Oct 2025
Anonymous intern
Recommend
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Pros

Great Benefits, Great People, Great onboarding experience.

Cons

Once I got to my position after onboarding there was a lot of animosity and what felt like competition. I would say that if you are going to work here maybe try and know someone there before you jump in,

2.0
3 Nov 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Pay is alright for the area. PTO could be worse. Time balancing is nice for salaried exempt. 4 10s is nice.

Cons

Stereotypical government. Terrible culture and everyone knows it. Mostly run by career government contractors just there to punch the clock on cost-plus contracts. Very slow and with little interest in getting work done. Policies and processes are unintuitive and/or not clearly documented. The policies around remote work aren't very logical, even for roles that could easily be 100% remote. They clearly dislike the idea of remote work, but have no choice due to facility/parking limitations. They also have a two-hour remote limit for when you have to be able to report to the medical center for drug tests. You probably won't hear about that until you've already joined, but it isn't as simple as pulling up a map and seeing that you're safely within two hours; instead, they want you to actively be taking the test within two hours, or you fail. This seems very unreasonable since it doesn't account for delays outside your control. The relocation program has a 1-year payback period. You should read that as the company thinks you'll probably want to leave soon after you join, and wants to impose a large penalty to keep you there.

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