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Just don't - Anonymous employee Thermo Fisher Scientific Employee Review

2.0
15 Sept 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Most people you will work with are highly educated and knowledgeable. PTO time is good. Benefits are good, especially health insurance.

Cons

Very cliquish. Toxic team environments. People don't matter, only revenue. They will work you until you drop even if they can afford to hire another body to help out. Some very toxic leaders who contaminate those who report to them. Your performance is based on a comparison to everyone else's performance in your team/group even if you do completely different jobs and it is highly subjective. Performance reviews are very old school and out-of-date, they don't help you to succeed. Promotions are based on if your boss likes you, or if you are part of the "in" crowd, not based on your actual performance. They don't help you succeed, and it sometimes feels like they purposely stand in your way of succeeding. Getting what you need when you first start is a nightmare. Training? What training? Diversity is highly limited in every way. Clearly it isn't valued because it isn't there.

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