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Thermo Fisher Scientific

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Great growth opportunities, if you want to move around - Senior Financial Analyst Thermo Fisher Scientific Employee Review

4.0
18 Apr 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Thermo Fisher really encourages managers to develop their employees into larger contributors, leaders, functional experts, etc. If you're committed to the company, but not really sure where the right fit is, you can openly seek a new role elsewhere and your manager will most likely support it.

Cons

The downside to the growth is that you will most likely have to relocate. If you're open to it, you can bounce around the world. But unless you're in one of the major footprint areas for the company (Waltham, MA; Pittsburgh, PA; or now Carlsbad, CA (formerly Life Technologies HQ)), then that next opportunity means packing your bags. Some people love it, others feel trapped - you typically commit to a couple years in the new location in return for relo assistance, but then you're likely to be asked to move again, once you're seen as a 'team player.' There can be a fair amount of pressure on relocation.

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Cons

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CEO approval
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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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