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Thermo Fisher Scientific

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Thermo Fisher Scientific reviews

3.5

63% would recommend to a friend

(12,558 total reviews)
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Marc N. Casper

69% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Thermo Fisher Scientific has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 12,558 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Thermo Fisher Scientific employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmazeutika & Biotechnologie industry (3.5 stars).

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13K reviews
3.0
Jun 25, 2008

Therm Fisher

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It's a job in a tight economy. Some sites, employees are able to work from home.

Cons

Multiple reorganizations. Forever "reinventing the wheel". Communications and cooperation between business units poor. Very high turnover.

4.0
Jun 19, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

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!!

1.0
Jun 14, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Career stepping stone. Or, an ideal place if you want a stagnant job that has leaves zero accountability for failure or success, and makes absolutely no sense to normal, intelligent people.

Cons

Most managers are significantly underqualified and lack proper business acumen and experience to perform their roles as managers in the department they manage. This is the number reason why the company experiences low "talent alligience scores". Managers are also allowed too much control in their level of decision making, with no balance of power to allow the employee to succeed, grow, get a raise or move up. (And if you manage to get an annual raise, it will be a mere 1-3% of the pay modifier the factory designates.) They don't tell you this during the interview process. Managers get bonuses based on how much of their annual budget and pay modifiers (raises) they are able to retain. This makes their devisive, agenda-driven behavior even worse. The abuse of power and lack of proper leadership throughout the whole company makes it an impossible place to succeed. I was once told by an ex-manager that during one of their manager meetings, doing 10% more with 10% less each and every year was expected, and that fear and greed are the desired means of driving employees to fulfill their goals. How can you operate like that?

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Thermo Fisher Scientific Response
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Thanks for leaving this helpful review. Our company culture is one that values integrity and intensity. We provide opportunity for career growth and support developing our employees into managerial roles.
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