Agilent Technologies Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Agilent Technologies

Pros – Very well managed company. Managers are given management training and treat people with respect. Very little politics compared to other companies. High quality employees shows up in mutual respect and top customer treatment.

Cons – Limited carreer options in sales offices without relocating to manufacturing/R&D/Marketing centers. Remote management in some areas means limitied visibility. Relatively slow and conservative in making decisions. Corporate oversight limits action in fast moving competive businesses.

Advice to Senior Management – Think of putting more of the HP Way back into how you treat and nurture employees. When I began with HP in the 80s it was one of the most respected companies in the world and an honour to work for. Today there are many companies that have surpasssed HP/Agilent in that measure. While much of the philosophy was still there when I left, and long time emplyees still believe in the HP WAY, spreadsheet decision making and cost cutting seems have widened the cracks that allow compassion for employees to fall thru. I would gladly return to work for Agilent if the opportunity arose.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Agilent Technologies

Pros – It was great to work on a product that was useful, and used by a wide range of excellent companies. Getting involved with a wide variety of networking protocols is a great experience. Although the product is mature and changes are constrained by previous versions, testing was a little bit less so. In the time I was there (8 months) there were some significant changes made or planned to the testing process, some of which came from the Test Engineers as well as the managers. The coworkers are great, especially the team I worked on.

Cons – Working on a mature product meant that there was little room for creativity. The improvements and changes were constrained by the previous iterations. This applied to the testing as well, although less so.

Advice to Senior Management – Perhaps create more avenues for bottom-up changes to the product and/or process.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Agilent Technologies

Pros – nice people, nice work env

Cons – business competitor is tight , not easy job

Current Employee – been working at Agilent Technologies as a contractor for more than a year

Pros – Working at the development of cutting-edge technology

Cons – The times are tough, you can see cuts everywhere and very conservative innovation attitude.

Advice to Senior Management – Improve leadership and business development in Labs

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Agilent Technologies as an intern for more than a year

Pros – Work on your own project directly under a manager
Lots of intern events in the summer
Great pay for an internship
Laid back culture
Diverse and interesting group of experts to learn from

Cons – No real cons, but be prepared for multiple tough technical interviews

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Agilent Technologies full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Good culture, flexible working hours

Cons – Too many processes, lack of good senior management in India

Current Employee – been working at Agilent Technologies full-time for more than a year

Pros – good working environment, big campus and good Salary Increment

Cons – Located in Manesar, in my process, responsibilities are not defined, no work life balance.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Agilent Technologies full-time for less than a year

Pros – Agilent is one of the best employers to work with. It provides its employees a great opportunity to maintain work life balance. Amazing infrastructure.

Cons – growth opportunities are little less

Current Employee – been working at Agilent Technologies full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – ability to work from home, fair pay

Cons – Upper management is too far removed from the actual day to day business to make good decisions.

Advice to Senior Management – Listen to your subject matter experts! Driving change for change sake doesn't mean you are improving anything.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Agilent Technologies full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – No predetermined work hours. Can work any shift. Job stability.

Cons – Low salaries far below market average at some locations and tiny raises if any. Lack of consistency in project planning and follow through.

Advice to Senior Management – There are a lot of disgruntled employees that would change jobs if the market improves. 5 years without even a cost of living increase.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend