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Thermo Fisher Scientific

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It's not about the employees. - Anonymous employee Thermo Fisher Scientific Employee Review

2.0
19 Apr 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Salaries are competitive, the corporation is strong, and there is the potential to learn a lot.

Cons

The company is very bottom-line oriented, at the expense of its employees. They are continuously cutting resources (i.e. people), so that the people left need to work themselves to the point of burnout in order to get the job done well. Work-life balance is at the bottom of the list. If you can't put your job before your family, you are seen as a weak contributor. Some of the leaders succeed by criticizing/punishing their people rather than by leading and developing them.

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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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