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Thermo Fisher Scientific

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Thermo Fisher Scientific reviews

3.5

62% would recommend to a friend

(12,631 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 12,631 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
Jun 20, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

If you're stuck in the Greenville area for some unfortunate reason, it's a job.

Cons

This place is functionally a mafia. The same rotating cast of "old head" people that have been at the site for decades watches each other's backs, and overworks everyone else. God help you if you're actually capable or smart, because they will overload you as much as possible, while ensuring that they, and their pals, do as little as possible. They really have no concept of capacity management at all. There is no math, metrics, or even mild logic that goes in to how they define R&R or distribute work. No one really knows how to do anything at all. Things that sound simple, like shipping a sample for instance.. Well, clear your afternoon. It doesn't help that all of their systems are completely antiquated. I should also note that you won't get any support on anything really, from training to execution. No one wants to be here, and it's so obvious. The place looks and feels like a prison because it is. It doesn't even pay that well compared to other pharma companies! That barbed wire isn't there to keep people out, it's to keep them in.

3.0
Jun 19, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I’ve been lucky enough to have been placed on a great team

Cons

Team is either understaffed or under-experienced. 4 group leaders in 4 years on one team, upper management always gives an excuse of no budget for upper level analysts. Quality of work suffers…typical corporate shortsightedness. Overworked analysts and you “meet expectations” going above and beyond. Raises usually hover around 2-2.3%, never keeping up with inflation

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