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Don't Work There! - Anonymous employee Thermo Fisher Scientific Employee Review

1.0
Feb 6, 2010
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The benefits package is decent, that's about it. Co-workers are great for the most part, but like any place there are usually one or two difficult people to work with.

Cons

Management gives good employees 0% raises and puts them on probation, while these very workers create the wealth that gives these managers their bonus pay. Management treats the manufacturing personnel like dogs... overworked, underpaid. Management is technically clueless. People are leaving now because the work atmosphere is so depressing. TFS doesn't care however, they'll let this company die and just but a new one. They preach ethics, but are really the most unethical, isn't that always the way? Uselss programs like PMD, PPI, 5S , etc that suck up valuable time. Corporation is metric driven, lacks any common sense.

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Cons

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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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