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Thermo Fisher Scientific

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Revolving door of management - Anonymous employee Thermo Fisher Scientific Employee Review

2.0
15 Apr 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good experience and resume fodder. Decent benefits and pay, large organization that affords career development if you are willing to relocate often, international business experience depending on your role.

Cons

Lackluster merit increases and poor recognition of contribution to the organization leads to a revolving door of talent. Management seems to be either mired in concrete with no changes or in a state of constant change as the company looks for ways to fix business units they think should perform better. The lack of upward mobility or constant changes in direction with new managers coming in drives many of the more talented employees away as they either stagnate or grow frustrated with the uncertainities surrounding their position. Unless you are willing to relocate to other divisions, it is difficult to advance as the constant stream of acquisitions adds upper management to the ranks. This limits the opportunity for internal advancement. Despite lip service to the contrary, the bottom line is all that matters to senior management. Employees are talked about as numbers in relation to retention and how terminating them coudl improve margin performance.

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Cons

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1.0
20 Jun 2026
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Pros

If you're stuck in the Greenville area for some unfortunate reason, it's a job.

Cons

This place is functionally a mafia. The same rotating cast of "old head" people that have been at the site for decades watches each other's backs, and overworks everyone else. God help you if you're actually capable or smart, because they will overload you as much as possible, while ensuring that they, and their pals, do as little as possible. They really have no concept of capacity management at all. There is no math, metrics, or even mild logic that goes in to how they define R&R or distribute work. No one really knows how to do anything at all. Things that sound simple, like shipping a sample for instance.. Well, clear your afternoon. It doesn't help that all of their systems are completely antiquated. I should also note that you won't get any support on anything really, from training to execution. No one wants to be here, and it's so obvious. The place looks and feels like a prison because it is. It doesn't even pay that well compared to other pharma companies! That barbed wire isn't there to keep people out, it's to keep them in.

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