Agilent Technologies reviews

Poor management from top to bottom. Too many managers after layoffs. A lot of super long-term employees, 25-35 years with the company, who only talk instead of doing anything. Management focus on books, not employee development. Pay is really low for mid-age engineers. Again, too many people has been working here for more than 25 years, and a lot of them were ex-managers, so the only thing they do is networking with each other. Not productive in project management. A new product introduction cycle is 2+ years. Market and sales staff doesn't under the products. They sell products because the products have good data sheet.

Since the telecom bust in 2001, Agilent has been focused on keeping the company lean and profitable. As a result of this, hiring in the U.S. has been very limited even though we are growing headcount rapidly in Asia. The prospects of low growth within the U.S. has diminished morale somewhat and raised concerns about an aging domestic workforce. One of the less exciting aspects of working for a large company is that there are quite a few legacy products that are still in support mode and require some degree of attention even though most everyone would probably prefer to be working on new technology.