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Thermo Fisher Scientific

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TMO Finance is toxic, favoritism, racism, political, hierarchy and disaster system - Finance Thermo Fisher Scientific Employee Review

1.0
18 July 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Ok salary and bonus with 80 hours/week workload expectation 15 PTO days include sick days Work from home exists but for certain people only ESPP exists but basically no discount Ok benefits but they will push you to low cost HSA plan because cost is less Average 401K match but you have to wait 3 months Intensity is a scary word. The devil is in the detail

Cons

Intensity is a scary word there Work Life balance is fake, certain people only No fairness, only favoritism. You can do no wrong if management likes you. If you are not in that inner circle, just be ready to take all the blames even it's not your fault. Racism heavily exists. Only one race will be promoted. They might put minority to unimportant spot occasionally just to show diversity, but never something meaningful position. If you are minority, female, colorful race or has foreign accent, you need to be quiet and obey, then you might have a chance. Full of toxic culture. Few people will purposely speaking on phone so loud in open office space, so they can get attention from top. Also you will see few female employees constantly go to male director/VP's office to discuss "works" with door closed. Backstabbing is real. This place doesn't care about your performance. Only what people say about you in the back matters. Be careful if you are smart and hard working, your manager and colleagues will not like it and they will try to take you down if you show too much ego. Finance system is just a disaster. You will be put into the place to create financial report with wrong data all the time. Watch out these people can talk intelligently about the system and data, they are the person with no clue but only really good in BS. But for some reasons, this company loves bs. No job security. Be expected to look for new job every 1-2 years. They don't want you to stay at the same role too long. You need to go through the same interview process every 1-2 years competing with another 5 external candidates. That's their method to push out people they don't like without paying severance. If you are about to accept their offer but have another opportunity in hand, think twice. Make sure you know what environment you will get yourself into.

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Pros

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Cons

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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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