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Junior Scientist - Anonymous employee Firmenich Employee Review

4.0
11 Feb 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Working in such a big company, you can learn a great set of skills and experience professional growth with hard work. Knowing French would help with career growth. Great benefits. 14 days PTO to start then about 2 days increments every few years with carry over. Pays for education, has profit sharing.

Cons

Working in such a big company could also inhibit your career growth if you don't show your skills or make the right contacts within the company. Don't be shy! Again, learning French or having similar influences will help with career growth.

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Cons

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Thanks for sharing your review! It is nice to hear about your positive experience.
3.0
12 Mar 2017
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Pros

Range of creative, scientific, business, supply chain and support jobs. Global experience and mobility opportunities (at mid to high level positions). Good health benefits compared to many other companies. Company is strong financially and growing financially (but opportunities are being filled by outside talent, not internally)

Cons

Pervasive clique-oriented culture and sink-or-swim for those not in a protected group, both which play key roles in advancement opportunities. Perception and network matters more than individual results. Inequitable distribution of heads to sites in dire need. Poor HR environment for quality employee support, growth, and development. Burnout becoming very pervasive, with company asking for more-and-more. IS systems are cumbersome and poorly designed...creative more inefficiency instead of solving efficiency issues.

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