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Thermo Fisher Scientific

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Inadequate training, incompetent management made for a stressful experience - International Customer Service Thermo Fisher Scientific Employee Review

1.0
May 8, 2012
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Pros

Close to home, pay was decent

Cons

complete lack of training, management was clueless as to training new employees yet you were expected to be proficient at your job immediately. I spent a month of futility and then was let go without anyone even telling me they were unhappy with me. Never been treated so unprofessionally in my life.

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Cons

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Pros

Since the company is big, it's a great opportunity for networking, learning new skills, and earning certificates after completing hazard safety training that you can use in the future as well (especially if you're working with Unity Lab Services). Coworkers are usually nice and will always lend a hand if you need it. If you're lucky, you might be placed at a one-person site where the site supervisor is chill and understanding, lets you work at your own pace, and helps you learn new things by giving you "side quests."

Cons

No real career growth. The workload can be hard to keep up with at times, and the company strictly enforces an 8-hour workday with no overtime, even when needed. Day-to-day operations feel heavily micromanaged by upper management through strict policies. HR introduces new policies almost monthly, often adding tasks that feel unnecessary. They frame this as becoming "more data-driven," but in practice, it hasn't led to much noticeable improvement.

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