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Thermo Fisher Scientific

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Thermo Fisher Scientific reviews

3.5

62% would recommend to a friend

(12,648 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 12,648 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
4.0
Dec 9, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The mission statement and goals are exciting. It is actually kind of cool to be a part of something that could potentially become really big and important in the future. Plus, if you know how to manage workload, this company is good for work-life balance. I've never had a probelm taking time off when needed which is nice. Plus all in all the company consists of generally nice people.

Cons

Too many people are promoted for the wrong reasons. Many people at this company seem to be promoted just because they've been around a long time. Unfortunately this puts incompetent people in senior roles. If someone has been doing the same job for 5+ years and they are still just an average performer, it's time to manage them out, not up. Also, many people are recongized for doing a great job by being promoted to a role that sets them up for failure. Just because someone is a brilliant scientist, doesn't make them a stellar people manager. The skillsets are completely different, and the career paths should be treated as such. When people are promoted for the wrong reasons nobody wins. The person who is promoted becomes overwhelmed and the people forced to report to these people become resentful.

3.0
Dec 9, 2008

If not in Carlsbad, poor career progression

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- great work life balance - other people performing at mediocre level (makes you look good) - entrepreneurial spirit - you can make your own future to some degree

Cons

- having to work with mediocre people - poor career progression if you don't live in Carlsbad (HQ) - very bad HR: DEMORALIZING, doesn't pay for performance, not accountable - smart Senior Management, but not wise and very ego-driven

4.0
Dec 4, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Working for TMO you feel like a party of a family and are treated like a valued member of the team. Even though this is a global company you feel that you can call any co-worker any where in the world and get the answers you need to get your job done.

Cons

The size of the company can be intimidating and some times causes change to occur slowly due to the large amount of paper work and signatures required to get things approved, also due to peoples travel schedules some times you can not get the required signatures in a timely manner.

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