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Thermo Fisher Scientific

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Unorganized and poor management - Anonymous employee Thermo Fisher Scientific Employee Review

1.0
4 Aug 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

You do not have to ask permission to schedule days off.

Cons

This company has over a billion dollars in profit but the average salary is very low. They monitor you like children at this job. Every day you come into work your schedule is created by someone in pittsburgh. They schedule your break, your time on and off the phone, your lunch and this changes daily. You never know if your co-worker is on break or lunch because the schedules change. This creates lots of issue when it comes to taking care of the customer. If someone calls and they are looking for your co-worker you waste a lot of time trying to find that person. The supervisors don't know much either. Its really unorganized and all over the place.

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Cons

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Pros

Since the company is big, it's a great opportunity for networking, learning new skills, and earning certificates after completing hazard safety training that you can use in the future as well (especially if you're working with Unity Lab Services). Coworkers are usually nice and will always lend a hand if you need it. If you're lucky, you might be placed at a one-person site where the site supervisor is chill and understanding, lets you work at your own pace, and helps you learn new things by giving you "side quests."

Cons

No real career growth. The workload can be hard to keep up with at times, and the company strictly enforces an 8-hour workday with no overtime, even when needed. Day-to-day operations feel heavily micromanaged by upper management through strict policies. HR introduces new policies almost monthly, often adding tasks that feel unnecessary. They frame this as becoming "more data-driven," but in practice, it hasn't led to much noticeable improvement.

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