Great company! Just needs to open it's eyes to Gen Y employee mindsets. - Engineer Varian Medical Systems Employee Review

4.0
Dec 13, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Like participating in the fight against cancer.

Cons

Management has not accepted the fact that many positions can be done from home. It's too bad that if you are not in from 8 - 5pm showing your face, then many managers think you are not doing a good job. For god sakes...don't kill the corporate support people by overworking them. You can't possibly think that the level of corporate support for our engineering team can be the same level as it was five years ago after all this growth.

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5.0
Jun 19, 2026
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Pros

Innovative products with high competition and market leader

Cons

Poor management decisions can lead to mismanagement

2.0
Jul 14, 2026
Recommend
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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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