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Thermo Fisher Scientific

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Mixed - treated well in one business, poorly in another - Marketing Communications Manager Thermo Fisher Scientific Employee Review

3.0
17 Nov 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Growth from within is encouraged. Employees have the opportunity to work in different positions and for different businesses.

Cons

Poor IT infrastructure. Employees spend way to much time trying to gather meaningful data. 24/7 mentality at some locations by some managers. Many employees are under a great deal of stress to do too much with too few resources. This tends to lead to blunt, difficult interactions.

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5.0
20 Jan 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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