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Thermo Fisher Scientific

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An improving place to have a career. - A Bit Too Unique to Guarantee Confidentiality Thermo Fisher Scientific Employee Review

4.0
16 Dec 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

TMO has an evolving environment and the corporate structure is being established since the merger of Thermo and Fisher Scientific. Each site has profit / loss responsibility and they roll-up the values within each division and group. This evolving structure has had some issues with people in the wrong positions but will eventually get it done right.

Cons

Decision-making is a complex task as each site has their own way of doing things. The new corporate structure has made this both easier and also more complex as more people need to come to an agreement. There is a serious need to get better aligned to a single strategy and there is still a lot of entropy to do it the way we have always done it.

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5.0
22 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Strong management and benefits and work life balance

Cons

Low pay and low yearly increases/ bonuses. Can be hard to advance

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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