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      Bio-Rad Laboratories

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      Bio-Rad Laboratories reviews

      3.3

      53% would recommend to a friend

      (1,290 total reviews)
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      Norman Schwartz

      63% approve of CEO

      34% positive business outlook

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      Bio-Rad Laboratories has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 1,290 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Bio-Rad Laboratories employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

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      1K reviews
      2.0
      May 21, 2012

      Good place to get started as a fresh grad, but not a place if you want a career

      Some level of manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      It is a safe place to work with consistent revenue stream and low stress. As long as you keep your head down, do your work, don't irritate anyone, you can work there for life

      Cons

      Not a place for the young and ambitious. If you try to make a name for yourself by doing great work, you'll become a threat and a target. Also, really poor leadership where most of employees don't know where the company is going and often wonder why certain decisions are made. Heavily political culture that brews laziness and fosters cronyism. To summarize, it is basically a retirement home where everyone is part of one happy family

      2.0
      May 15, 2012

      Odd Culture

      Manager (everyone is a manager except senior execs)
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Beautiful campus, relaxed environment, easy work for amount paid, nice people (as long as you agree with them), keep your head down/opinions to yourself and you will have job security for life

      Cons

      Decision making in hands of a few and others expected to toe the line, us & them culture based on tenure has created little kingdoms around the company, general lack of accountability, sr management not in touch with day to day issues (they don't travel much due to coach travel policy), decision making very slow or no decision at all levels, lots of dead weight around the company (tenure more valued than competence), inept management particularly internationally, culture is not conducive to quick resolution of FCPA issues

      3.0
      May 4, 2012

      A great place to work for first 10 years but because of economy the workplace culture is changing.

      Production supervisor
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      A closeknit mostly family owned business that has been called one of the ten best places to work for in the Bay Area, California. Very good benefits like profit sharing, 20% buying company stock, health benefits.

      Cons

      The company used to "beat to it's own drum" but it looks like it's been sucked into being lean and "mean". I don't know if that's because of investor pressure or just the way companies are doing business in these harsh economic times.

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