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Thermo Fisher Scientific

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Talented colleagues overshadowed by poor leadership and communication - Scientist Thermo Fisher Scientific Employee Review

1.0
Jun 15, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The very few benefits and good colleagues that remained after our company was acquired by TFS.

Cons

Horrible communication from leadership and HR. CEO publicly and proudly supports the same administration that has helped tank the biotech industry in the US while the CEO continues to do layoffs and blames it on the state of the biotech industry. Company claims there are opportunities for internal advancement but no one I know who has tried has been able to transfer internally and there is no clarity on how to navigate the pay band structure. They claim to factor both inflation and merit increases into yearly raises however raises don’t even keep up with inflation alone.

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Pros

Great company with advancement potential.

Cons

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1.0
Jun 20, 2026
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Pros

If you're stuck in the Greenville area for some unfortunate reason, it's a job.

Cons

This place is functionally a mafia. The same rotating cast of "old head" people that have been at the site for decades watches each other's backs, and overworks everyone else. God help you if you're actually capable or smart, because they will overload you as much as possible, while ensuring that they, and their pals, do as little as possible. They really have no concept of capacity management at all. There is no math, metrics, or even mild logic that goes in to how they define R&R or distribute work. No one really knows how to do anything at all. Things that sound simple, like shipping a sample for instance.. Well, clear your afternoon. It doesn't help that all of their systems are completely antiquated. I should also note that you won't get any support on anything really, from training to execution. No one wants to be here, and it's so obvious. The place looks and feels like a prison because it is. It doesn't even pay that well compared to other pharma companies! That barbed wire isn't there to keep people out, it's to keep them in.

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