A demoralizing, toxic environment full of old timers who do not like change - Anonymous employee Agilent Technologies Employee Review

The group that I was in is a very top-down driven environment where employees are expected to fall in line with management. Any ideas that are presented are immediately shot down as a "bad idea" which results in employees to just be quiet and do as they are told. Furthermore, in an effort to obtain feedback and direction from management and to ensure that we are on the same page, I would ask yes / no type of questions and then would be immediately followed by something along the lines of "Why are you asking that?". Direction from management is very minimal, and it seems like the employee is expected to know what management is thinking without the manager’s thoughts being verbalized and effectively communicated. This is not a very supportive, encouraging work culture where ideas are not heard, team collaboration is not encouraged and where employees are not motivated to do their best. As beautiful as is the thought of the "OneAgilent" mindset that the CEO always mentions, this value statement is not exercised and practiced. If you want to come to work every day listening to managers who demoralize their employees, who treat their employees like utter failures and who make it a point to ensure that you be quiet and do what you are told, come to Agilent. The “One” in “OneAgilent” is not about team cohesion but is all about who has the most attitude, loudest voice and who has been at this company the longest. It seems that to be able to be at Agilent for 15+ years, there is a certain toxic, self-entitled mindset and attitude that is cultivated. Survival of the fittest, at the cost of positive work culture and change for the better.