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Thermo Fisher Scientific

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Would be much more successful if the company cared - Anonymous employee Thermo Fisher Scientific Employee Review

3.0
Jan 29, 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

good benefits, some smart and driven employees, some very good managers who legitimately care about their employees

Cons

very little work/life balance...you pretty much have to just set your mind that you will not let work take over your life. some senior management walk around with their nose held high, as if they were born and walked into a Sr VP position...wrong. Not how it works. You advanced and were allowed to move up the ranks - remember that and allow others to do the same. Employees feel disposable....the company has a vision to double workforce and revenue by the end of the decade, but are constantly cutting employees. company wants to be one of the worlds most respected companies, but this is merely a talking point...they will never take the actions to get there. they want to talk about how they have top talent, but will do nothing to retain it. if you want the top talent, you have to give them an incentive to stick around. they don't understand this very simple concept.

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
Jun 20, 2026
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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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