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Thermo Fisher Scientific

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Thermo Fisher Scientific reviews

3.5

62% would recommend to a friend

(12,639 total reviews)
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Marc N. Casper

69% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Thermo Fisher Scientific has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 12,639 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Thermo Fisher Scientific 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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13K reviews
1.0
May 25, 2018

Beware

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I have a job, I guess Don't have to work under Don Kania anymore *COUGHselloutCOUGH*

Cons

beware if your company is bought out by Thermo Fisher, they start out the same and within 2 years, benefits are reduced, PTO cut down, policy changes that "align " with thermo fisher. Get out before the changes

2.0
Feb 15, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Base Salary and bonus are pretty good. Med benefits are standard. 15 Days of PTO which technically includes your sick time, but “working from home” when sick does happen. ESPP exists, but discount is smaller than usual. Really nothing overly special other than that it is a large stable company.

Cons

Hard to progress with the amount of favoritism taking place. Even then, they seem more likely to hire from outside than promote from within. Deadlines are often unrealistic. All of their financial systems and data are a disaster. They acquire or restructure their businesses so frequently that it often makes any financial analysis so confusing as to be nearly worthless. Unless you are a director (with an office), you will have zero personal space. You will be seated in a huge open floor, in blocks of six seats, three per side. You will feel like your elbows are basically touching the people next to you, and you can see the people across from you... and that’s just within your block. It didn’t feel like finance was very appreciated there, even within finance, and there was just a general undercurrent of insincerity surrounding everything, especially performance reviews. If you are happy with you current employer, and your happiness is more valuable to you than whatever pay bump you might get here, then I’d recommend staying put.

1.0
Feb 1, 2018

Good stepping stone to better Biotech

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Large company with good reputation -Diversified business platform

Cons

-Bad management -Terrible work conditions/morale -Sub par benefits -Unrealistic goals

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