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Thermo Fisher Scientific

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Systemic workplace bullying problems badly need to be addressed. - Anonymous employee Thermo Fisher Scientific Employee Review

1.0
Aug 11, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good to gain some early career experience and then move on.

Cons

Mobbing seems to be the soup du jour. Mid-level management is often manipulated or well-meaning but clueless. HR finds “no problem” on an individual basis, but of course bullies are not stupid enough to get their hands dirty. However, when multiple people resign or or fired over a few years and the problem continues when the “troublemaker” is gone, it’s time to consider that there is a broader problem. Perhaps the manager’s favorite has an agenda?

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Cons

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1.0
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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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