Agilent Technologies Employee Job Reviews in the United States

What do you like about working at Agilent Technologies?

"The job provided me with industry experience as an FAS which helped in making my resume more versatile. It also allowed for travel to various states and regions of the U.S."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Focus upon the traits that are required for the job such as love of travel, interacting with others, a great interest in helping others to conduct their research, and your skills in problem solving, especially in regards to QPCR/Genomics applications."

What don't you like about working at Agilent Technologies?

"The management team in great need of restructuring. No support was given when needed and there was a lot of shifting the blame and responsibilities to lower level employees that were new to the company. Also, sales meetings also often infringed upon personal time (i.e. weekend/holidays)."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Regional and executive sales manager/directors often had big egos. Therefore, try to appeal to the sales manager of the region for which you are applying. Be sure to keep records of everything you do (including emails), as the sales managers often will forget things that they've previously told you."

"Not the innovative, people-oriented company it once was."

What do you like about working at Agilent Technologies?

"The people."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Don't."

What don't you like about working at Agilent Technologies?

"No employee consideration."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Make a change."

"A great location to work in the Bay Area with a vast diversity of jobs to perform!"

What do you like about working at Agilent Technologies?

"Vast array of job types that required observation and planning. Good safety team to work with - especially as a consultant. Multiple sites were required for service so the job never got boring."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be professional. Safety was a serious matter!"

What don't you like about working at Agilent Technologies?

"It was in the Bay Area. Expensive place to live at the time."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"None. The safety team was easy to work with."

"Great company and lived the HP Way."

What do you like about working at Agilent Technologies?

"Professional environment, great company to have worked for."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Bring your A game - they hire the best."

What don't you like about working at Agilent Technologies?

"During the time I was there there was a lot of down-sizing and as I was looking for promotional opportunities, they were being given to displaced employees."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Great management people."

What do you like about working at Agilent Technologies?

"Family organization. Boss treated you with respect."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be honest during your interview about your work experience."

What do you like about working at Agilent Technologies?

"Good work life balance, great people."

What don't you like about working at Agilent Technologies?

"Adversely affected by recession."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Empower managers."

"Good, overall, but I am looking for change."

What do you like about working at Agilent Technologies?

"I can work from home."

What don't you like about working at Agilent Technologies?

"Meetings."

"If you think it is a great place - God bless!"

What do you like about working at Agilent Technologies?

"Strong flexibility in working schedule."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Ask about career advancement opportunities. What would it take to change or improve a certain policy. If cost savings mean reduce power and footprint in Asia operations (contract out to other companies) how do you get support."

What don't you like about working at Agilent Technologies?

"Career opportunity is disappearing fast for US employees. Most advancements are abroad. Top management are good in communication, however, you will not know when you will be on the chopping block. MBO and MBWA have left the culture and been replaced by MBE (manage by escalations - saving once behind). Arrogant in NPI, slow in making things happen, scar of outside the box in supply chain idea."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They are busy making their golden parachute - the culture is lost."

"I loved working at HP and was very sad when they moved our division to Colorado."

What do you like about working at Agilent Technologies?

"I loved the people, the company and the technology."

What don't you like about working at Agilent Technologies?

"I loved everything about it. I wish they didn't relocate our division."

"it was a great experience."

"A good company in a tough time."

What do you like about working at Agilent Technologies?

"It used to be managed in The HP Way."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Go for it."

What don't you like about working at Agilent Technologies?

"The management team seemed to loose the vision."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Have faith in yourself."

"Happy with Agilent, looking for position more related to engineering than physics."

What do you like about working at Agilent Technologies?

"Very high technology, very skilled co-workers."

"Good place as a contractor and it looked like a good place to be direct, too."

What do you like about working at Agilent Technologies?

"Care for ergonomic environment - good work station setup and chairs. On campus cafeteria and other perks for direct employees."

What don't you like about working at Agilent Technologies?

"Being a contractor."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Hire me as a direct!"

What do you like about working at Agilent Technologies?

"It was a very family-oriented place to work. Large corporation that maintained a cozy, medium-sized business atmosphere."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"It is still a wonderful place to work."

What don't you like about working at Agilent Technologies?

"As the economy deteriorated, the atmosphere began to become less friendly and more competitive and stressful."

What do you like about working at Agilent Technologies?

"Great people."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Higher salaries than industry averages."