Varian Medical Systems reviews

3.9

70% would recommend to a friend

(1,336 total reviews)

Arthur Kaindl

66% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

Varian Medical Systems has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,336 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Varian Medical Systems 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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4.0
Jun 4, 2015

Lack of vision

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Pros

solid technology from early 50s and 60s. Used to focus on technology, balance of work life, used to collaborate a lot with close by Stanford University. Product is used to save life fighting cancer. Great head quarter location, in Palo Alto. Still have vacation time for regular employees.

Cons

Current top management team does not have a vision, esp long term vision on how to grow the company or how to develop new technology/ focus on R&D. Instead focus on outsourcing, cut costs, hide away from low sales, finger pointing, promoting incompetence, increase headcount at VP level, borrowing money to buy stock while ignoring if business is heading south. Previous top management teams are PhDs or at least hold a Master degree, but not anymore. People got promoted just because they can talk great or go at finger pointing or they know so and so ( whether belonging to same church or alumnus of Bringham Young University etc). New HR staff & top management is pondering to take away all employee vacation time n instead have no limit on vacation time BUT subject to your manager ( empowering manager so they can work employees like slaves.). Money spend on ERP far exceeded original budget but still system is not efficient , because company outsourced it to India. Original thought was low cost but turn out project was half baked, way over budget n employees are still complaining that ERP system is too manual. Subsequently hired IT staff from India and that is not helping situation, but just one bad decision after another. Payroll moved out to Salt Lake City reason cannot hire good payroll manager in Silicon Valley. Top management did not think about which company in Salt Lake City uses ADP apps called ProBusiness, thus hired someone also without that sort of experience but still charges high salary n makes all kinds of payroll mistakes.

1.0
Aug 8, 2022

Not a place for female engineers

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Pros

None that I can think of

Cons

- No advancement opportunities - Work becomes stale and boring - Management doesn't take harassment seriously - No formal training what-so-ever - They give you obscure titles, you can't compare your salary - Sexism is rampant - Confusing and outlandish team structuring, you report to 2-3 immediate managers. - More management than workers on the ground

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