employee satisfaction is heading downhill - Anonymous employee Varian Medical Systems Employee Review

2.0
Jan 30, 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

PPL accrual is very reasonable, profit sharing is nice, employee incentive plan seems to be disappearing but nice for now

Cons

Varian has moved from a family to a military. There are many new senior and executive managers who show no respect or care for their employees.

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

Good amount of downtime. Company car. Decent benefits. Fairly autonomous (depending on manager). Great troubleshooting experience.

Cons

Management can be overbearing. After being bought by Siemens, the company no longer values patient treatment over profit. Work life balance is seriously lacking. You may have downtime but you can’t plan anything during the week due to being on-call. Overtime is now heavily monitored, where it used to be a big selling point. Seeing as the hourly pay is relatively low compared to the job responsibilities.

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