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Thermo Fisher Scientific

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It depends what you are looking for - Anonymous employee Thermo Fisher Scientific Employee Review

3.0
20 Sept 2008
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The company produces instrument of high technology. It offer more vacations than the average company but you need to use them if your are sick (no sick days). Some site offer flextime. There is no sense of urgency at Thermo, resulting in less stress. As long as you do the minimum they'll keep you and you'll get the same treatment as the ones that work twice as much!

Cons

Salary, communications. Each site is different. It's not One Thermo yet. Two classes - Managers - Other employees. No pension plan or profit sharing.

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5.0
22 June 2026
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CEO approval
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Pros

Strong management and benefits and work life balance

Cons

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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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