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Thermo Fisher Scientific

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Terrible for women and minorities - Field Sales Representative Thermo Fisher Scientific Employee Review

1.0
Sep 28, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Pride in mission to make the world healthier cleaner safer

Cons

Numerous reports of gender and minorities wage gaps (with relatiation for bringing up issues) managers withdraw resources and bully employees who complain about being less than lower performing white male counterparts I have watched management tell women to "negotiate better" only to have them labeled as aggressive and pushy once they do ask for raises they deserve. The situation is even worse for Latina woman.

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5.0
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Pros

Good company to work with. Provides good benefits. A growing company with a strong-solid background in the medical field.

Cons

Mainly a medical company (95%), but has invested in other areas (5%). If you are in the 5% area, it's difficult to transfer, even once you are internally an employee there.

2.0
May 26, 2026
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Pros

You'll get hands-on experience with regulated lab environments, which is genuinely valuable early in your career. The CRO world gives you transferable knowledge of clinical trial operations that other companies will recognize. If you're self-motivated, there's room to build things on your own. I taught myself new tools and built reporting dashboards for my department because nobody else was going to do it. Tuition reimbursement existed when I started, which was a real benefit.

Cons

Compensation does not match the workload. You will be overworked and underpaid, and when you bring it up, nothing changes. I repeatedly asked leadership to let me take on work that aligned with my career goals and education, but I was always "too busy" with my regular responsibilities for that to happen. They'll happily benefit from your output but won't invest in your growth. The tuition reimbursement policy changed while I was mid-degree, which tells you everything about how they view employee development. Benefits are underwhelming for a company this size, and when I needed them most, they fell short. A workplace injury made it very clear where employees fall on their priority list, and it's well below the bottom line.

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