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      Molecular Devices

      Part of Danaher

      Engaged Employer

      Molecular Devices reviews

      3.3

      52% would recommend to a friend

      (141 total reviews)

      Mary Duseau

      66% approve of CEO

      52% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.5

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.2

      Culture & values

      3.1

      Work/Life balance

      3.1

      Compensation and benefits

      3.1

      Career opportunities

      3.0

      Senior management

      Molecular Devices has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 141 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Molecular Devices employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

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      141 reviews
      4.0
      Aug 5, 2015

      R&D engineer.

      Engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Molecular Devices is an operating company of Danaher, which is a large conglomerate that owns Danaher Coulter, Leica, and other big life science companies. This gives employees some exposure to sister companies. As of this writing the company is trying to rebrand itself, so there might be some hope for the future. The location in the heart of Silicone Valley is a big plus. This company is primarily medical research instrumentation hardware design and manufacturing company so lots to do if you are an electrical/mechanical/optical engineer.

      Cons

      Because it is a medium size company part of the large conglomerate (Danaher) there is allot of process, even for creative work like software engineer. This can be seen as a positive for some people though.

      4.0
      Jul 2, 2015

      low-mid level professional

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Challenging work. Mostly excellent and dedicated co-workers inside and outside my group and department. Good products and customers. Reasonable compensation and incentives. Lots of career growth opportunities. Rigorous data driven business metrics (Danaher Business Systems). Demanding work load makes days and weeks fly by.

      Cons

      Some voids in business knowledge due to lots of turnover. Rigorous data driven business metrics (Danaher Business Systems). Challenging work. Morale is sometimes flat. Sometimes I could argue company too driven by bottom line and not enough by core values (...but it is a publically-traded business).

      2.0
      Mar 27, 2015

      Talks the talk, if only it could walk the walk...

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Lots of passionate and great to work with employees at the non-manager level. Many try to do whatever they can to deliver great customer support, but its hard when so over-stretched. Lots of great ideas and some great products. Danaher has some great business tools, when used appropriately with right resource levels. Pay and benefits are generally good.

      Cons

      Stressful environment. Employees overloaded covering for work that used to be done by employees who have been let go or quit/never re-hired. Told to kaizen out waste and focus on only "what has to be done" but if YOU value your customers and a job being done right you end up over-worked and doing work others used to be responsible for. Little room for career growth.

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