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Thermo Fisher Scientific

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The Pros are Great and the Cons are Horrible - Team Leader Thermo Fisher Scientific Employee Review

3.0
27 Jan 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

+ You'll probably be OK working at a newer facility. + Annual Bonus and Merit Increase in Salary + Access to lots of resources, like MS Office and coupon codes. + 401(k) match up to 6% + Paid parental leave

Cons

- Merit Increases can be offensive when you've done exceptional work all year long. - Thermo Fisher swapped their 401(k) management to a different servicer and many people's balances dropped significantly. - The company will make huge changes that cause workers to wonder about job security. - Thermo Fisher overexpanded during the height of COVID and now workers at several sites are paying for it with plants being shut down to accommodate the expansion. - Senior Mgmt formed a clique, which hurt the site overall.

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5.0
20 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great people to work with

Cons

Too many processes to follow

1.0
20 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

If you're stuck in the Greenville area for some unfortunate reason, it's a job.

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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