Buy not build. - Scientist PerkinElmer Employee Review

3.0
Feb 28, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Variety of resources. Lots of smart people. Good overall work environment and pleasant group of people.

Cons

Company is not innovative. As a large company it is risk-averse and prefers to enter new areas via acquisition of smaller companies instead of growing capacity from within. This makes it a bit boring if you are interested in trying new things.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
Jun 30, 2026
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Pros

Great people in field and customer facing positions. Vast knowledge base of applications and instrumentation.

Cons

Very poor executive leadership- don't want to spend money on marketing, promotion of instrumentation, or relevant customer applications. Most do not know industry. Wonder why sales are decreasing.

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