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2.5

33% would recommend to a friend

(383 total reviews)

Paul Hollinshead

16% approve of CEO

16% positive business outlook

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory has an employee rating of 2.5 out of 5 stars, based on 383 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory employee rating is 31% below average for employers within the Government and public administration industry (3.6 stars).

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383 reviews
2.0
22 May 2026
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Pros

The variety of work is very much a bonus, stuff you cannot do anywhere else.

Cons

Pay, pay is far less than that of our civil service equivalent grade, and we mostly have to have a degree to work in the science and technology area, so for that we get paid less then equivalent grade and they do not require a degree. Career progression is now slow, the new changes have made my promotional prospects basically zero. The senior leadrship team are very much below par, there is a distinct disconnect between reality and what they think is happening, and when challenged, they get very defensive. Morale amongst the workforce is low, and the recent changes, that were handled awfully dod not make that any better.

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