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Thermo Fisher Scientific

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Thermo is OK if you are a scientist. - Anonymous employee Thermo Fisher Scientific Employee Review

2.0
Sep 15, 2009
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

It can be a great place if you are a scientist or interested in the technology or specifics of the Life Sciences industry. Less so if you are not.

Cons

Starting salaries are competitive, but annual raises are 2% across the board, so over time, your pay does not even come close to keeping pace with inflation. Everything is based on quarterly results, with little interest in long-term vision.

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Cons

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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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