Pros
Somewhat predictable job, people are decent and good humans in general or outside of work. Used to be an industry leader, but even customer satisfaction is seemingly going downhill, with constant complaints. Smart people work here who have achieved difficult things in their academic or industrial careers, so it's neat to be around highly capable people. There are a few very dedicated people. EAG has aspirations to broaden the market scope outside of just semiconductors/electronics. Slowly acquiring more instruments to broaden portfolio.
Cons
Disclaimer: This is more of a 1.5 stars out of 5, flirting with a 2. EAG is managed no better than a lax college fraternity with little desire to get things in order. The literal 'Glassdoor' is found in the offices of many high leaders like VPs: papers are strewn everywhere, cobwebs, documents from 1999 on the floor, and no upkeep. These pictures equal 1,000 words and reflect the culture of the company: documentation and communication are awful and its a mediocre place to work at best. The majority of senior leadership have been with the company a very long time and do not easily see outside perspectives, being resistant to change. When recommendations are made to streamline things like sales account logistics or sample receiving, a response I heard from a manager was "when someone has been doing this job for 20 years, they aren't going to like being told what to do or how they should change doing their jobs." This statement fully goes against the alleged "Growth Mindset" company value. Worse than this, there is no truth in the 'One EAG' motto. Each department is incredibly siloed, managed uniquely, and arguments occur frequently with pricing. It doesn't matter what a fellow colleague is doing, if they disturb the territory of another department, an attitude of "sweep your own floor, not ours, our agenda is the only thing that matters" prevails. This is not a fun place to work. Senior leadership, while eliciting optimism, continued to layoff. "The numbers, the numbers, the numbers" are the ONLY thing emphasized and the purpose of work having any fun to it or meaning besides money is non-existent. Many feel the worst for young, entry level employees with technical degrees. In the name of profit, they are dumped the biggest load of repetitive work and become living examples of Marx's theory of alienation. They fill out the same documents and click similar buttons so that samples can be transferred to the lab, where an analyst can produce data, so that the data is sent to some researcher thousands of miles away, so that he or she can do whatever, so that some tech product will make cell phones less warm in someone's pocket. Work becomes the dullest of the dull with little to no innate definition. During this process, the employee will only be a robot and have no motivation from management to see outside the box of "do the same, same, same in the name of $$$$$." For those looking for a bigger purpose to the work, extreme self-efforts must be made because it won't come from the top. Despite the obsesion with $$$$, When a company is strapped due to economic conditions, of course survival is the first priority. Howewver, the people who make up the organization enable the customers to get their results. If employees have to jump through such hoops and aren't motivated for reasons already mentioned, the customers are the ones who suffer the worst in the end, followed by the company, in a downward spiral. Mental resignation occurs well before physical resignation, so don't wait until people walk out the door to realize the price of a shaky foundation. The good news is there are plenty of capable people here, but it may take a long, long, long time to change.
