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Thermo Fisher Scientific

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Thank god it was just a filler job. - Sales Representative Thermo Fisher Scientific Employee Review

2.0
Apr 4, 2009
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Pros

Easy to get a job. Generally nice people to work with. Inexpensive coffee in the cafeteria. Inside sales is pretty easy, we get an assigned territory and you spend all day on the phone.

Cons

Employee respect from managers is minimal (we are treated like school children) No communication between different branches (sales, accounting, shipping...) Working in a windowless basement, Inside sales was a pain too, because our sales volume, is pretty much the same as the outside sales staff, but we get half the pay and the outside folks get a car allowance. a car allowance would have been nice, since i had to drive 2 hours in traffic each way EVERY day. Snowstorms were damaging too...manager would tell me to leave even earlier and stay later, basically spending 5 hours in a car in order to spend 8 more at work.

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Cons

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Pros

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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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