Thermo Fisher Scientific reviews

Decision-making is a complex task as each site has their own way of doing things. The new corporate structure has made this both easier and also more complex as more people need to come to an agreement. There is a serious need to get better aligned to a single strategy and there is still a lot of entropy to do it the way we have always done it.

Too many people are promoted for the wrong reasons. Many people at this company seem to be promoted just because they've been around a long time. Unfortunately this puts incompetent people in senior roles. If someone has been doing the same job for 5+ years and they are still just an average performer, it's time to manage them out, not up. Also, many people are recongized for doing a great job by being promoted to a role that sets them up for failure. Just because someone is a brilliant scientist, doesn't make them a stellar people manager. The skillsets are completely different, and the career paths should be treated as such. When people are promoted for the wrong reasons nobody wins. The person who is promoted becomes overwhelmed and the people forced to report to these people become resentful.