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Sea-Bird Scientific

Part of Veralto

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Sea-Bird Scientific reviews

3.0

58% would recommend to a friend

(53 total reviews)
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29% approve of CEO

29% positive business outlook

Sea-Bird Scientific has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 53 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Sea-Bird Scientific employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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53 reviews
2.0
Jun 21, 2018

Managed for profit extraction by Danaher

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Pros

The rank-and-file employees are decent, caring, intelligent people.

Cons

When I worked there, the organization was atrociously managed and wholly-insufficiently resourced: I definitely got the impression that Danaher--which had purchased the company a few years before--was managing it primarily for revenue extraction, not for maintaining a well-run organization dedicated being a top tier provider of scientific research equipment.

3.0
Mar 14, 2016

Management seems to have a different set of goals than workers

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Pros

Great sense of teamwork amongst people in technical roles. Really interesting and broad field of industry with lots to learn. Constant challenges to keep one's mind stimulated.

Cons

When considering the cost of living in the local area, the pay is barely a livable wage. Pay increases often don't keep up with inflation, creating a situation where one is effectively paid less each year for the same job, despite typically demonstrating more proficiency and adding value to one's role. Not an apparently significant difference in pay increases between employees who perform well and employees who "just show up." A number of individuals in management positions demonstrate very little integrity or leadership ability and are left in these positions without any apparent assistance in developing their skills for these roles. Management seems more and more focused on short-term profit numbers rather than long-term growth and stability. This is seemingly due to the need to please the corporate structure that, despite being completely detached and distant from the company, still dictates how business is conducted. "One size fits all" business model. The manufacturing throughput is seemingly expected to always be on the rise without adding more people to share the workload.

2.0
Mar 8, 2015

Mediocre, nothing stands out

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Pros

Management discusses business environment and perceived company outlook

Cons

Poor leadership, company is too small for professional growth, high turnover leads to constant training rather than improvement, very low pay for the market

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