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Thermo Fisher Scientific

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I liked working here. - Sales Thermo Fisher Scientific Employee Review

4.0
Jun 19, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Big on ethics, communications, professionalism. Large company can bring the economies of scale to bear on medical insurerers. They are large enough to have found out long ago that there must be established company policies. Too many companies just float by many issues taking them as they come up and hoping they only come up rarely. Not a good way to run a company.

Cons

A little too "professional". Very "tight" environment. No one seems to have a sense of humor! Leo may be Thermo's pick for CEO, but it should've stayed in the hands of an original USCS (US Counseling) senior manager. What? They weren't qualified or have the right credentials? Come on!!

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5.0
May 23, 2026
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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
Recommend
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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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