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Agilent Technologies

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Overall a great place to work - Senior Global Marketing Director Agilent Technologies Employee Review

4.0
Mar 31, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Retention - Many managers enable their employees to move laterally or encourage them to take on other roles as the employee's skill set expands. Benefits - Really good... options to choose HMO and PPOs + dental & eye coverage (in US), life insurance, 401K matching, charity matching, extra days off when the company does well, FSA and HSA options, flexible time off, and more... Broad portfolio addressing many market areas in health care and research (=lots of interesting opportunities). Some (not all) very good Sr. and Executive Managers that really care about their employees. Reach out to current employees to see if the role you are considering is headed by one of the exceptional leaders.

Cons

Larger companies come with more infrastructure and more red tape, so Agilent is certainly not as fast-paced as a start up or a medium sized company. Prepare to be patient if you are moving from a small organization to Agilent. Not a great track record with acquisitions in some divisions (Google to find more details). Proceed with caution if you are considering taking a job with any recently (within the last 3 years) acquired company.

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5.0
Jun 22, 2026
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Pros

Good teammates, work life balance and salary

Cons

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1.0
Jul 20, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

As everyone says in the reviews, the rank and file employees are generally great to work with and are highly competent. The company has a cool history in Silicon Valley.

Cons

-Comments on this site about the deterioration in the culture since the CEO transition are true. It's changed from collaborative to combative. -Priority projects get outsize funding but go nowhere. For example, a year was spent overhauling the main website, only to unveil a new one that is substantially worse if not an outright embarrassment (complete with graphics borrowed from the early 2000s). -Layoffs happen semi-regularly, with many jobs cut permanently and others transferred to countries in Asia with cheap labor. -Leadership believes in a "superstar" philosophy, giving huge sums of compensation to a select few hires they think can transform their business (only for them to flop within several months). -Communication is poor. Enterprise communications is led by someone with no self awareness (Dunning-Kruger effect). CEO communications are stilted and filled with corporate jargon nonsense about "transformation." -Stock has failed to gain despite two years of investment and cost cutting. Meanwhile, competitors like Waters continue to make gains and pose a threat to the company's market share. -Lost an important IP case that will likely result in loss of market share in one of their fastest-growing businesses (all of this is public, just Google it). -C-suite leadership is often distant and remote. Rarely mingle with employees.

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