Agilent Technologies Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Great place to work, need to work on Retension of Talent and not only ones who anyway stay!"

What do you like about working at Agilent Technologies?

"Independent working style."

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

"Good organisation as a career option if you can say come-what-may!"

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

"Identifying talent but not able to retain them."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The talent appraisals have shown top performers leave the organisation within 1-2 yrs, it reflects serious incapability of management in employee retention. Top management must try finding an underlying reason, especially in labor intensive regions."

What do you like about working at Agilent Technologies?

"Scope of work had an impact on clients and customers."

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

"Uncertainty while company was restructuring their corporate direction due to CEO changes."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Insure the core values of what made HP successful is not lost during restructuring."

What do you like about working at Agilent Technologies?

"Great opportunity for advancement, working with strongly professional co workers, supreme branded value."

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

"I was caught in a layoff/buyout at the time of the Compaq merger."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"From a career development perspective, stronger performance management and continual training will keep the sales team strong."

"Incompetent management and lack of respect for customer."

What do you like about working at Agilent Technologies?

"The customers and people I worked with."

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

"Really ask questions about the work environment and policies and procedures. You will get bottlenecked and lose business."

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

"The stupidity of upper management."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Clean house in the upper management realm."

"I'm glad I'm not working there any more."

"HP used to be a great company. Now only care is supporting CEO."

What do you like about working at Agilent Technologies?

"Big company--good customers. When you get to work with the real HP people can be the most enjoyable experience."

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

"Good luck."

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

"Nickel and Dime--don't care about employees, they are only an expense. Layoff every Monday. no job security. Too many mgrs from outside HP culture that are rejects from Oracle, EMC, Sun, Compaq. First mantra is to get rid of anybody that believes in the HP Way."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Go back to the HP Way. Remember that people are your number one asset. If you don't have good ethical hardworking caring people then you will not succeed."

What do you like about working at Agilent Technologies?

"Growth opportunities."

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

"Excellent professionalism."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Provide ongoing support and development/training."

"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."

What do you like about working at Agilent Technologies?

"People and technology."

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

"Look at alternatives."

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

"Little advancement."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be more creative, think big in place of short term."

"Good employer, great benefits."

What do you like about working at Agilent Technologies?

"Being on the cutting edge of technology. Competing with the best companies out there to win business."

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

"Large companies all suffer from the syndrome of being sluggish to move and anticipate changes in the marketplace. Some parts of HP are slow to adapt."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be open to hiring previous employees."

"I thoroughly enjoyed working at Agilent, but felt it was time to move on."

What do you like about working at Agilent Technologies?

"I worked for HP when Bill and Dave were still managing for a while. I loved working for HP then and the years following their retirement. The HP Way and positive work environment was wonderful."

What do you like about working at Agilent Technologies?

"Very good work location, independent and everyone giving me a good response, everyone enjoys his job in Agilent."

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

"If you should expose your full knowledge then it is easy to get job from Agilent Technologies."

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

"I have really enjoyed my job at Agilent. I don't get any unwanted issues from Agilent Technologies."

"Great place to work."

"Was a great place when it was HP."

What do you like about working at Agilent Technologies?

"The people."

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

"It's still a good company to work for, try to get into the life sciences side where the investment is still good and business is growing."

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

"Continuously replanning efforts to hit budget numbers at the expense of really important future strategic programs."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Get closer to the pulse of the people, they are your greatest asset."