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Thermo Fisher Scientific

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Good Ole Boys Club - Sales Representative Thermo Fisher Scientific Employee Review

2.0
Nov 9, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great benefits, team members truly work hard and have great skill, large company with many moving parts that may interest you if you're willing/able to move, reputable name in the industry.

Cons

The pay is awful... Who "decelerates" commissions because you're not to a certain percentage to plan. It's so demotivating but is seen as a benefit...; no work from home capability; middle managers are inconsistent and some have very little experience managing large teams; developing and advancing your career internally is next to impossible if you want to stay in the same department; senior level management is a true good ole boys club. Everyone that works here at that level has worked here for years and years and only hire in their friends and colleagues that think just like them. They preach being an employer of choice but show no concern to change the real issues preventing Thermo Fisher Scientific from becoming an employer of choice.

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Cons

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1.0
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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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