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      PerkinElmer

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      PerkinElmer reviews

      2.8

      31% would recommend to a friend

      (1,176 total reviews)
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      Michael Stubblefield

      48% approve of CEO

      26% positive business outlook

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      3.0

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.0

      Work/Life balance

      2.7

      Culture & values

      2.6

      Compensation and benefits

      2.6

      Career opportunities

      2.2

      Senior management

      PerkinElmer has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,176 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The PerkinElmer employee rating is 20% below average for employers within the Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

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      1K reviews
      3.0
      Nov 24, 2015

      Great people lacking good corporate leadership

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Reasonable healthcare and good benefits, great co-workers, for the most part good mid-level management, great internal support for getting the job done, hard workers who also like to have fun together,

      Cons

      Corporate leadership is struggling to find itself, poor decisions made for the last 20 years are currently having a significant effect, due to insufficient investment in product lines and software PerkinElmer is struggling to be competitive, corporate seems to make a significant change in direction about every 2 years and the little people suffer

      4.0
      Nov 21, 2015

      PerkinElmer

      Shipper
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great company with great company benefits, including 18 days paid time off annually to start with and an excellent health insurance plan.

      Cons

      Distance from home to work!

      2.0
      Nov 20, 2015

      'Bloodbath' of 2015

      Senior mechanical design engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Well balanced life/work arrangements, ability to work from home if needed, pretty decent PTOs. Average but competitive pay, full array of medical benefits, but very expensive too. Nice office area, on-site cafeteria with delicious, reasonably priced hot food for breakfast and lunch. Good and modern computer equipment to work on.

      Cons

      Where do I start...? Abysmal mid and upper management! Extremely TOP-HEAVY, no decision process making, meeting-mania, dozens of people walking with little of no purpose to be there. No short or long term strategic goals. Byzantine bureaucracy! No effective leadership except maybe from your immediate supervisor! Outdated CAD system, they still use Pro/E Wildfire4 that is about 10 years old! Frequent layoffs, where 'chiefs' tend to stay and 'Indians' have to go. They try to meet the 'bottom line' by lay-offs and spending freezes, totally ridiculous!

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