Get your experience and run. - Anonymous employee MilliporeSigma Employee Review

2.0
Nov 4, 2009
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

You will never get layed off, and it is almost impossible to get fired. Good place for a new college graduate to start out, but then plan to graduate from "Sigma Aldrich University."

Cons

I worked for many areas in the company and found that management would consistently fail to invest in adequate training and development for their employees, give employees only bare-bone resources to do their jobs, and expect the world of their employees with very little incentives other than avoiding negative feedback. Most of management who work here are really only concerned about themselves and driving costs down to the extreme so they get their own fat bonus, while those below get a measly 1.5% raise (in a good economy) for busting their hump. No incentive to go above and beyond creates a culture of apathy and a "I'm just going to get by" attitude amongst the employees.

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Great place to work at and loved the environment

Cons

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MilliporeSigma Response
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It is great to hear that your first experience at our company has been so positive and that the environment has stood out to you. As you continue to settle in, we encourage you to use regular check-ins with your manager and the MyGrowth framework to shape your development and explore learning opportunities early on. Thank you for being part of the team, and for taking the time to share your feedback!
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Great benefits, there’s flexibility when you need it, and the’s a significant amount of PTO. There is a lot of growth and development opportunities, as in learning new skills or strengthening skills.

Cons

There is a lot of restructuring happening, which often results in teams having to do the work of many without being compensated appropriately. This results in longer days, burn out, and feeling undervalued. There is a lot of encouragement for growth, but the actual growth/promotion part doesn’t seem to happen from leadership side. There is a lot of room for process improvements but too many teams work in silos and don’t want to work together so processes don’t get improved.

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MilliporeSigma Response
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Thank you for sharing your experience, and for your continued commitment to MilliporeSigma over more than three years. We are glad that the benefits, flexibility, PTO, and learning opportunities have been meaningful to you. We are sorry that recent changes have affected your day-to-day experience. As a company with a long-term perspective and a strong sense of responsibility towards our people, organizational changes are never taken lightly. We are mindful that the impact on workload and team dynamics can feel significant at an individual level, and we understand that the experience on the ground does not always reflect the full picture of what those decisions are intended to achieve. Your points about career development follow-through and cross-team collaboration are noted, and we continue to work on improving how we support employees through change, how we deliver on development commitments, and how we enable better ways of working across teams. As a current employee, we would encourage you to share your experience through our Employee Engagement Survey, as your input directly helps shape the priorities we focus on.
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