Typical mismanaged corporation that cares only about making more money. - Engineer PerkinElmer Employee Review

1.0
29 Apr 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Co-workers - I've met and worked with some great engineers at PKI. Flexible hours - no one cares when you come and go as long as you get your work done on time. Work-life balance - the office is dead 10 minutes after 5pm. If you need to put in extra time, you can always do it from home. Free on-site gym plus pro-rated yoga and cross-fit classes.

Cons

Frequent changes in management, direction and priorities. All decisions are cost-driven at the expense of product quality, user experience and company culture. No bonuses and no performance-based rewards. 8 holidays and 15 days off including both vacation and sick days. Expensive health insurance plan.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
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Recommend
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Pros

Used to be a wonderful place to work before being bought out.

Cons

There is no feeling of teamwork anymore. Management could be quite nasty and favoritism ran high. New manager seemed to like running things like it was a third world country.

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