Does PerkinElmer pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, PerkinElmer employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at PerkinElmer. This rating has decreased by 7% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at PerkinElmer?

31% of PerkinElmer employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated PerkinElmer 3.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.7 for culture and values and 2.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at PerkinElmer?

Field Service Engineer (22) , Lab Technician (21) , Manager (19) , Engineer (18) , Sales (16) , RNA Extraction Technician (15) , Scientist (13) , Software Engineer (13) , Director (12) , Product Manager (12) , Project Manager (12) , Customer Support Engineer (11) , Applications Scientist (10) , Laboratory Technician (10) , Sales Representative (10)

What are the pros of working at PerkinElmer according to real employee reviews?

"The people are great & the company does amazing things for human health" ((in 104 reviews)); "Good benefit and learning environment" ((in 75 reviews)); "Good pay and healthcare oriented." ((in 59 reviews)); "Great colleagues with long time experience." ((in 44 reviews)); "Work life balance is good" ((in 40 reviews))

What are the cons of working at PerkinElmer according to real employee reviews?

"Upper management is ancient in its thinking." ((in 39 reviews)); "Too many managers" ((in 32 reviews)); "The company is too risk adverse and there is a lack of leadership for the overall organization." ((in 31 reviews)); "constant layoffs" ((in 26 reviews)); "No bonuses and no performance" ((in 15 reviews))

What are employees saying about PerkinElmer layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about PerkinElmer layoffs and their outlook for job security at PerkinElmer in 2026.

What are the top reviewed PerkinElmer locations?

Shelton , Waltham , Boston , Hopkinton , Valencia , New York , Cambridge , Collegeville , Pittsburgh , Chicago , Los Angeles , Austin , San Diego , Alameda , San Jose , Bridgeport , Greenville , Atlanta , Downers Grove , Houston , Seattle , Rensselaer , Hebron , Akron , Columbus , Santa Clarita , San Francisco , Santa Clara , Rockville , Raleigh

PerkinElmer reviews

2.8

31% would recommend to a friend

(1,176 total reviews)

Michael Stubblefield

48% approve of CEO

26% positive business outlook

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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).

Reviews by job title

1K reviews

2.0

Nov 5, 2021

Disorganized and lacking competitive products

Senior manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Healthy cash flow from Covid business

Cons

Extremely disorganized and lack firm systems and processes. For such a large organization their processes and systems are broken and extremely difficult to use. For example: pull simple things such as sales figures accurately is a extremely difficult task. Product offerings are lacking and are not competitive. Hr is useless and does not do a proper job at running their department. Overall they care to much about being “woke” than actually driving and running a business properly and fixing our process and data.

4.0

Oct 29, 2020

Does some exciting things, but bureaucratic

Director

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good products and services, some good people

Cons

moved slowly at the time. but new management may be changing that...lots of upper management turnover.

1.0

Oct 12, 2020

Terrible management

Manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good, supporting co-workers exception of some

Cons

Terrible management policies and planning. No one at top have any clue what is going on.

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Disorganized and lacking competitive products

Does some exciting things, but bureaucratic

Terrible management

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