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Thermo Fisher Scientific

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Has potential but get used to disappointments - Anonymous employee Thermo Fisher Scientific Employee Review

1.0
2 Aug 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There is always something changing, so if there is something you want to do, most likely you can do it in a way that you think is best. If you can stand the negativity of your fellow employees, Thermo gives you freedom to test yourself. Employees have a sense of pride and strong brand loyalty to their products.

Cons

For company that has so many mergers, communication of strategy is poor. Grand growth plan is ambitious and most likely achievable, but it's not worth it at the expense of employee moral. You see people come and go, and key changes are slow to happen, and talented employees get burned out. Overall, more disappointments than excitement. I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND Thermo to a friend.

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5.0
20 Jan 2026
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Pros

Flexibility, Culture, Opportunity, Compensation, Experience

Cons

Communication can be heavy and difficult to process due to abundance. Not really a con, just part of being a large company

1.0
20 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

If you're stuck in the Greenville area for some unfortunate reason, it's a job.

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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