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Bio-Rad Laboratories

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Impossible to move up the ladder for field service engineers unless you are willing to move to California. - Field Service Engineer Bio-Rad Laboratories Employee Review

3.0
Jan 19, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

work with a great group of people. pretty good benefit package. not bad work/family balance most of the time.

Cons

Pay scale is 10-15k below industry. HR has a performance matrix for field service engineers that makes it virtually impossible to excel. you are punished for not getting to a site within 12 hours even if you are working at another ETC. part availability severely hampers the ability of the engineers to fix machines in a timely manner. Decision making and changes crawl at a snails pace. upper management does things the way they have always been done. you are judged solely on numbers and how they look on paper to upper management. No raise last year for anyone in CDG and not looking good for this year.

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Pros

You learn a lot, if you are new to manufacturing.

Cons

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3.0
Jun 24, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I love my co workers and the ability to make my customers happy. Benefits are alright and I do like the products.

Cons

Modern marketing is non existent and the company has been taken over by sweater vest tech bros who feel phony at best. This company is too large to innovate or be nimble, yet too small to acquire new things to sell. Salaries are just so low now that I might need to leave, then come back just to get a pay raise. I’m seeing similar jobs posted for 20% more base than I make 10 years in. No transparency on advancements and annual raises do not reflect effort and making too close to plan on sales just sets you up for failure in the next year. I’d say use this company for a few years then move on.

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