Is Bio-Rad Laboratories a good company to work for?

Bio-Rad Laboratories has an overall rating of 3.4 out of 5, based on over 1,620 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 7% over the last 12 months. 56% of employees would recommend working at Bio-Rad Laboratories to a friend and 36% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Bio-Rad Laboratories have been left by employees working as Software Developer , Scientist and Senior Scientist .

Does Bio-Rad Laboratories pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Bio-Rad Laboratories employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Bio-Rad Laboratories. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Bio-Rad Laboratories?

56% of Bio-Rad Laboratories employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Bio-Rad Laboratories 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.3 for culture and values and 2.9 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Bio-Rad Laboratories?

Account Manager (28) , Field Service Engineer (28) , Scientist (23) , Product Manager (21) , Manager (20) , Senior Scientist (17) , Customer Service Representative (15) , Engineer (15) , Field Applications Specialist (13) , Project Manager (13) , Research Associate (12) , Software Developer (12) , Software Engineer (12) , Chemist (9) , Marketing (9)

What are the pros of working at Bio-Rad Laboratories according to real employee reviews?

"People are great and not super corporate." ((in 129 reviews)); "Benefits are good and I am generally happy with the company" ((in 122 reviews)); "Work Life Balance is good because there are no expectations that you will work hard (you certainly won't be recognized for it)." ((in 84 reviews)); "And the culture is great." ((in 43 reviews)); "Great colleagues and team leaders." ((in 40 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Bio-Rad Laboratories according to real employee reviews?

"Management are poor at planning for new projects." ((in 117 reviews)); "This includes not considering qualified internal candidates for roles based solely on the low pay that Bio" ((in 44 reviews)); "Direct manager has no control and doing everything he wants." ((in 37 reviews)); "There's no leadership or management skills." ((in 26 reviews)); "Upper management is aware but even after a month of HR interviewing employees about the issue, they still chose to retain the jerk and nothing changed." ((in 22 reviews))

What are employees saying about Bio-Rad Laboratories layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Bio-Rad Laboratories layoffs and their outlook for job security at Bio-Rad Laboratories in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Bio-Rad Laboratories locations?

Hercules , Irvine , Pleasanton , Woodinville , San Francisco , Cambridge , Benicia , Richmond , Boulder , Redmond , Plano , Seattle , Ann Arbor , Fort Worth , San Diego , Boston , New York , Bothell , Raleigh , Dallas , Columbus , Oakland , Santa Rosa , Columbia , Matawan , New Brunswick , Salt Lake City , Chicago , Des Plaines , Portland

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3.4

56% would recommend to a friend

(1,292 total reviews)

Norman Schwartz

66% approve of CEO

36% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.6

Diversity & inclusion

3.5

Compensation and benefits

3.3

Culture & values

2.9

Career opportunities

2.8

Senior management

Bio-Rad Laboratories has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 1,292 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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3.0

Feb 13, 2025

Toxic Work Culture

Production tech

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Autonomy to work at your own pace, nice friendly people who can be supportive when you need assistance.

Cons

Toxic management with ambiguous direction. Lacking accountability from upper management and misalignment of information creating unproductive waste. Gossip mongering culture. Layoffs happened in 2025, good people were trimmed with severance package offered with little notice served. Training limited due to budgeting reasons so self learning or asking from colleagues to teach

Bio-Rad Laboratories Response

We appreciate hearing your experience and thank you for sharing. You've already moved on, but we hope that while you were here you took advantage of the avenues available to help remedy the toxic culture you describe. Unfortunately, we did experience layoffs recently and these decisions are never made lightly. But we're confident that recent changes leave us in a better position going forward.

3.0

Feb 13, 2025

Salary Accounting role

Accounting

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great environment and team, salary is preferable

Cons

Unorganized systems and communications internally

Bio-Rad Laboratories Response

Thank you for taking the time to share your review. Sounds like it's time to get moving on those internal process improvements! We encourage you to share your ideas with your team and leadership.

3.0

Feb 12, 2025

Go somewhere else

Project manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Tight-knit community Cheap Cafe food Hybrid flexibility, good for working parents, but it also depends on your boss

Cons

Stingy, penny pinching Upper management doesn't care about employees and just held a mass firing

Bio-Rad Laboratories Response

We feel that we are a tight-knit community, and we appreciate you mentioning that. There's no way to sugar coat it: Layoffs are difficult and unfortunate. While we've done our best to provide severance and other support to those that were impacted, we recognize that it will always be seen as not "not good enough." Global economic conditions impact Bio-Rad and the rest of our industry and we had to make some difficult decisions to ensure the long-term success of the company. We're confident that we're on the right path, but that doesn't make the decisions that had to be made any less challenging.

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