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Thermo Fisher Scientific

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Needs severe rejig at the senior manager levels - People Manager Thermo Fisher Scientific Employee Review

4.0
16 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Global company, exposure to product life cycle management, good learning experience for every one coming from academia and other industries. Primely located with easy access to public transport.

Cons

A lot. Mainly the senior leadership clique group of Bangalore RnD leaves a lot to be desired. Many entry level RnD scientists have zero industrial experience. Have no skill that is transferrable. They are hired just because the senior leadership knows nothing in that field or just ego hires of leaders. The culture of Bangalore RnD has stagnated for a long time like cess pool and infested with inefficiency and high level politics. Absolute unprofessionalism in the name of democratic decision making has crept in. In other words, leaders will not be accountable for anything. Group accountability is non existent.

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

This place is functionally a mafia. The same rotating cast of "old head" people that have been at the site for decades watches each other's backs, and overworks everyone else. God help you if you're actually capable or smart, because they will overload you as much as possible, while ensuring that they, and their pals, do as little as possible. They really have no concept of capacity management at all. There is no math, metrics, or even mild logic that goes in to how they define R&R or distribute work. No one really knows how to do anything at all. Things that sound simple, like shipping a sample for instance.. Well, clear your afternoon. It doesn't help that all of their systems are completely antiquated. I should also note that you won't get any support on anything really, from training to execution. No one wants to be here, and it's so obvious. The place looks and feels like a prison because it is. It doesn't even pay that well compared to other pharma companies! That barbed wire isn't there to keep people out, it's to keep them in.

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