PerkinElmer reviews

2.8

31% would recommend to a friend

(1,175 total reviews)
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Michael Stubblefield

48% approve of CEO

26% positive business outlook

PerkinElmer has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,175 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
5.0
Jan 5, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Competitive Pay Nice People Annual Quiche Breakfast Well equipped gym Company in good financial shape Leadership seems sincere in effort to develop people

Cons

Health plan leaves something to be desired Christmas party during the day - had to go back to work after

3.0
Dec 10, 2009

Good technology, but lack of direction at times

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Stable, Fiscally conservative, Good products

Cons

lack of direction, too many layers of management, too many CFOs, too many sites for a company of this size

1.0
Dec 8, 2009

Screaming managers: Bad place to work

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Employees have a sense of camaraderie Some good scientists Long-term contracts with the government Basic pay is at standard

Cons

Upper management screamed at their staff, who are not stupid by the way, had several colleagues who experienced this which is completely unacceptable in this day and age. Lack of basic business intelligence processes, maybe this has changed since then. I didn't even know what that meant until I moved out. Assignments riddled with politics like everywhere else, but since there are no growth prospects here they have nothing exciting to give to new hires so if you are looking to start your career and have some skill and ambition do not do it here. Plus there are lots of barely competent middle management threatened by new hires since as I said there are very limited growth prospects.

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