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Thermo Fisher Scientific

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No Upward Growth, Layoff Fears, and Underpaid Employees - Senior Project Manager Thermo Fisher Scientific Employee Review

2.0
Jul 7, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Flexible work environment If you have a good manager and good team members, your day to day experience will be fine. They make an effort to have some on-site offerings such as yoga, 5k training, mentoring opportunities, etc.

Cons

Sorely lacking job security - Thermo has been secretly laying off massive amounts of people without informing anyone. We find out through the grapevine or when a key stakeholder is no longer responding. Lack of communication or clear vision from leadership - There is no clear roadmap set by leadership, management is flailing as a result, and the "open door" policies are not actually true. Far less than average pay, and any attempts to bring this up with management is met with reluctance. Managers don't feel they have enough support from leadership or HR to push a very fair pay raise through. This is not worth it when job security is faltering and we don't have a solid vision of where we're going or what our work means.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
Jul 6, 2026
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Pros

Since the company is big, it's a great opportunity for networking, learning new skills, and earning certificates after completing hazard safety training that you can use in the future as well (especially if you're working with Unity Lab Services). Coworkers are usually nice and will always lend a hand if you need it. If you're lucky, you might be placed at a one-person site where the site supervisor is chill and understanding, lets you work at your own pace, and helps you learn new things by giving you "side quests."

Cons

No real career growth. The workload can be hard to keep up with at times, and the company strictly enforces an 8-hour workday with no overtime, even when needed. Day-to-day operations feel heavily micromanaged by upper management through strict policies. HR introduces new policies almost monthly, often adding tasks that feel unnecessary. They frame this as becoming "more data-driven," but in practice, it hasn't led to much noticeable improvement.

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