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Thermo Fisher Scientific

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A place with huge potential that is low on resource and high on bureaucracy. - Manager In R&D Thermo Fisher Scientific Employee Review

2.0
22 Dec 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Great brands, great connections to customers. Corporate office seem to be doing the right things. Products have huge potential for improvements.

Cons

Consumable Divisions are short sighted, lack experienced leadership and are not resourced for growth. Day to day factory issues take up marketing time. No focus on long term strategies or road maps. Global marking managers have to place orders or workarounds to avoid daily slips. There is no division between sustaining and development. Middle management is reluctant to change, most have never worked outside of their roles and have no other experiences from other companies. Broken processes on top of a miss understanding of branding, product development and research. You don't want to stay long because the lack of change will kill your career.

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Cons

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Pros

Since the company is big, it's a great opportunity for networking, learning new skills, and earning certificates after completing hazard safety training that you can use in the future as well (especially if you're working with Unity Lab Services). Coworkers are usually nice and will always lend a hand if you need it. If you're lucky, you might be placed at a one-person site where the site supervisor is chill and understanding, lets you work at your own pace, and helps you learn new things by giving you "side quests."

Cons

No real career growth. The workload can be hard to keep up with at times, and the company strictly enforces an 8-hour workday with no overtime, even when needed. Day-to-day operations feel heavily micromanaged by upper management through strict policies. HR introduces new policies almost monthly, often adding tasks that feel unnecessary. They frame this as becoming "more data-driven," but in practice, it hasn't led to much noticeable improvement.

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