Great Company but going downhill with management styles/culture - Human Resources Member Varian Medical Systems Employee Review

3.0
Nov 5, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Great Benefits. Great Mission. Fiscal responsibility

Cons

The management style is the worst I've experienced in the years of working with staffing functions. It was like they introduced a culture/style of cancer into a company that fights cancer and there has been a demotivating effect which has spread to other parts of HR. My recommendation is that if you are approached to join the recruiting organization at Varian, run as far away as possible. It's no surprise to see the negative feedback on the staffing from non-HR reviewers in here.

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Pros

Innovative products with high competition and market leader

Cons

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2.0
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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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