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Thermo Fisher Scientific

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Beautiful Campus, relaxed working environment - Anonymous employee Thermo Fisher Scientific Employee Review

4.0
11 Apr 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Nice, low key, relaxing environment to work in every day. Work is always "work" but working in a park like setting where everybody is casual and relaxed makes a big difference. The location in Carlsbad actually includes a park, an opportunity to get outside in the sun during breaks. Felt like working on a nice college campus and this contributes greatly to the overall feeling of going to work there everyday. Generally uses state-of-the-art business platforms so this is a good place for upgrading your technological skills in the business world. It is a paperless company. Not a lot of perks, but lots of freedom to get out of the office and walk around outside, which may sound funny but is actually a HUGE perk in terms of getting through the work day and enjoying where you work. I loved their beautiful park and campus and took full advantage of this while working there.

Cons

They use a lot of contractors to keep costs down. Not so easy to get a permanent position, but is still a very good way to upgrade and update your skills or learn new skills that will help you advance in your career.

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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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