Cost Cuts, Obsessive Compliance, & Old DBS Tools Destroying Shareholder Value - Anonymous employee Danaher Employee Review

1.0
Mar 26, 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Growth and innovation come primarily through acquisitions—not internal investments or transformation. New deals are funded by aggressively squeezing costs out of past acquisitions. While this may work on paper, it limits real capability building and creates a cycle that won’t sustain.

Cons

The culture has become dominated by cost-cutting, fear of risk, and obsessive overuse of DBS tools—many of which are outdated for today’s challenges. Compliance is used more to control than to enable. Leaders who try to drive change or think beyond the playbook are quietly pushed aside. Talent is leaving, and results are seen in stock price decline.

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