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Defence Science and Technology Laboratory Team Leader reviews

2.0

4% would recommend to a friend

(17 total reviews)

Paul Hollinshead

5% approve of CEO

Team Leader employees have rated Defence Science and Technology Laboratory with 2.0 out of 5 stars, based on 17 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Team Leader professionals have a poor working experience there. Defence Science and Technology Laboratory is rated 45% below average by Team Leader professionals compared to other employers within the Government and public administration industry (3.6 stars).

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17 reviews
2.0
22 May 2026
Recommend
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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.

2.0
19 Oct 2025

Leadership

Recommend
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Pros

Can be helpful if your face fits

Cons

Toxic. Back stabbing and very good at generating work out of nothing. WFH has been a joke.

1.0
15 Jul 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Work life balance. Flexi working. working from home

Cons

Current chief executive (Paul) is creating a culture of fear, People don't feel safe to challenge him. He's also sacking (or "deleting") lots of jobs without actually making people redundant - its basically right on the edge of constructive dismissal. It pains me because i've been a loyal employee for over a decade and it just makes me sad that a once great institution is a shadow of its former self. It must be dreadful working with us, and it must be dreadful trying to get us to do work.

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