Is Waters a good company to work for?

Waters has an overall rating of 3.3 out of 5, based on over 1,437 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has increased by 2% over the last 12 months. 55% of employees would recommend working at Waters to a friend and 41% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Waters have been left by employees working as Field Service Specialist , Field Service Engineer and Director .

Does Waters pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Waters employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Waters. This rating has improved by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Waters?

55% of Waters employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Waters 3.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.1 for culture and values and 2.9 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Waters?

Field Service Engineer (49) , Engineer (25) , Manager (25) , Account Manager (22) , Software Engineer (19) , Principal Software Engineer (15) , Senior Scientist (15) , Director (14) , Field Service Specialist (14) , Product Manager (14) , Marketing (11) , Scientist (11) , Software Developer (11) , Intern (10) , Project Manager (9)

What are the pros of working at Waters according to real employee reviews?

"The people I worked with were great and very capable but that is where it ends." ((in 129 reviews)); "Good benefits & 401k" ((in 90 reviews)); "good work life balance 8 out of 10" ((in 51 reviews)); "Not stressful and great colleagues" ((in 51 reviews)); "Good pay" ((in 32 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Waters according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management and you don't get hired from the agency." ((in 55 reviews)); "Too many managers" ((in 29 reviews)); "Poor leadership and lack of qualified managers." ((in 24 reviews)); "Upper Management has abdicated software management to Ph.D.'s who know absolutely nothing about software." ((in 15 reviews)); "These individuals do not align with the organization's vision, undermine senior management and staff, feign productivity while micromanaging, and exhaust dedicated employees." ((in 14 reviews))

What are employees saying about Waters layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Waters layoffs and their outlook for job security at Waters in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Waters locations?

Milford , Boston , Taunton , Golden , New Castle , San Diego , Philadelphia , Chicago , San Francisco , New York , Raleigh , Houston , Los Angeles , Jersey City , Milford , Dallas , Indianapolis , Santa Barbara , Denver , Seattle , Pittsburgh , Franklin , Waltham , Worcester , Newark , Phillipsburg , Budd Lake , Burlington , Lindon , Provo

Waters reviews

3.3

55% would recommend to a friend

(1,265 total reviews)

Udit Batra

48% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

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Waters has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 1,265 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Waters 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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1K reviews

1.0

Apr 25, 2024

Avoid at all cost

Manager

Recommend

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Pros

The cons outweighs the pros that it’s not worth it.

Cons

No career path and with zero interest to employee development. Toxic culture with too many micromanagement thereby restricting creativity. Too many meetings on change without any implementation/ action. Current management really doesn’t know what they’re doing with lack of empathy and no emotional intelligence especially coming. Your potential is crushed due to a very psychologically unsafe environment. They claim work-life balance but put pressure on employees. Benefits in this century sucks. How can you give 2 weeks for paternity leave and call it family bonding leave smh. Again avoid at all cost

1.0

Jun 30, 2025

Review spam needs to stop

Hr assistant

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Pros

Free coffee as much as you can drink.

Cons

Company is not healthy internally. I have not been allowed to hire American employees in a long time, only people overseas because they cost less. These people aren't Waters employees however, they work for a contractor in India (Infosys) that is now spamming this site with positive reviews so they can lure new hires in.Here are some fake/non-Waters reviews from the last month (titles only, scroll down to see them yourself): -Overall experience -Great people -Great company -Waters -Very friendly Team How do I know they're fake? They have the classic InfoSys trademark of being not even full sentence long, only lists generic positives, and is either written by a former employee with no title or an "employee" of less than one year (please note that GCC/InfoSys employees are NOT Waters employees even though they pretend to be on these reviews. While I am not sure why these reviews are being spammed, I suspect it has something to do with the GCC losing employees weekly, and desperately trying to attract new Infosys people to work for pennies on the dollar overseas.

1.0

Mar 25, 2025

Disconnected and Toxic Senior Management

Anonymous employee

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Good compensation Great history Amazing People

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Disconnected EC and Senior Management Horrible Career Path Support Poor communication/transparency Unintelligent business plans

Waters Response

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Thank you for your feedback. It's important for us to hear both the good and the bad as we work to improve. We value your role and your contributions to Waters over the years. A working community where everyone can make a unique contribution is critical for us. Career path and development training tools are available on the company intranet and will continue to be developed and updated. We encourage you to take other concerns to your manager or HR business partner to work towards more positive outcomes.

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