LANL named best research company for women

Ratings, reviews from working women place Los Alamos at top of InHerSight’s October list

October 20, 2021

Lanl Inhersight

LANL has placed No. 1 on InHerSight's "20 Best Research Companies to Work For" list, as ranked by anonymous employer ratings and reviews from women employees. The list is updated monthly; this ranking is for the month of October.

1020 Inhersight Award

Research companies on the current list have 10 or more submissions as of Oct. 1, 2021; scores for LANL were based on 757 ratings from 44 employees.

Companies scored on work hours, flexibility and more

InHerSight collects data on 18 key metrics such as flexible work hours, maternity and adoptive leave, family growth support, salary satisfaction, mentoring, management opportunities for women and female representation in leadership positions.

LANL’s rankings

On a five-point scale, LANL received its highest ratings for the ability to telecommute (4.2), salary satisfaction (4.1) and flexible work hours (3.9) — all three categories’ scores improved from 2020. See these and other ratings here.

What is InHerSight?

InHerSight is a web-based platform that collects data to measure how well companies support women employees; it uses the insights to help companies understand how their policies are perceived, how they can better attract and support top female talent and how they can build better workplaces for women.