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Thermo Fisher Scientific

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Looking to leave 2 months into the job. Working here makes me wonder if NO job is better than any job. - Human Resources Coordinator Thermo Fisher Scientific Employee Review

1.0
15 Mar 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Benefits and not much else.

Cons

limited capability of management. Most cost issues are met with a headcount reduction. This is not a company that builds employee loyalty, unless you are in the chosen few...grade VI and above. As a culture this company encourages mid managers to lead through intimidation and fear...LWS is an urban legend in this company on how mistreatment of a business and its employees was encouraged to make the bottom line look good. Data and more data used as an excuse not to act. This place is a repository of big egos who could not make a go of it at GE. Now they want to prove they should have gotten promoted where they used to work. If Thermo stopped buying other companies there would be no growth at all. This will all spiral out of control but not until a certain number of these vendors of corporate greed line their pockets with others money. How many American jobs can be moved abroad? Half of the corporate hot shots should be moved to Tijuana and have their salaries lowered to meet area standards. Oops, I forgot they need to be in Boston for the culture.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
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Recommend
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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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