Working at Beckman Coulter in Brea, CA: 57 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Brea, CA Area

"Dynamic, motivating, fun and intellectually challenging at the same time."

What do you like about working at Beckman Coulter?

"It was a great work environment with high standards of quality"

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

"Integrity and character."

What don't you like about working at Beckman Coulter?

"My layoff after 9 years of working in the company."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Internal hiring rather than layoffs."

"I worked there for a long time."

What do you like about working at Beckman Coulter?

"You were able to communicate with Vice Presidents to better able resolve issues and they were open to your input."

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

"Be very good at what you do."

What don't you like about working at Beckman Coulter?

"The way they handled their layoffs."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Business strategies on how they incorporate department planning."

"Adequate at best."

What do you like about working at Beckman Coulter?

"People."

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

"Need to know FDA regulatory compliance."

What don't you like about working at Beckman Coulter?

"few managers"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Get better management."

What do you like about working at Beckman Coulter?

"Treats employees well."

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

"They focus on process and integration."

What don't you like about working at Beckman Coulter?

"Less technology intensive."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Innovation and organic growth should not be overlooked."

"Great place to learn many technical skills but not the best pay in town."

What do you like about working at Beckman Coulter?

"Good training programs."

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

"Know the people to see and study well."

What don't you like about working at Beckman Coulter?

"Low pay."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Match the pay to smaller companies."

What do you like about working at Beckman Coulter?

"Fun at the time. Installed VAX systems and original Windows 3.00 on PCs."

What don't you like about working at Beckman Coulter?

"No future."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Improve."

"Good place to work, but the pay is average."

What do you like about working at Beckman Coulter?

"Great, stable, secure place."

What don't you like about working at Beckman Coulter?

"Slow pace."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Move faster."

What do you like about working at Beckman Coulter?

"Long time friendship."

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

"No job security."

What don't you like about working at Beckman Coulter?

"The new management."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Find each employee's value and work before making decisions."

"This is very unsual because I have never been asked questions about my former employers."

What do you like about working at Beckman Coulter?

"I like the teamwork environment."

What don't you like about working at Beckman Coulter?

"The business centers did not like working with the other business centers."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Senior management needs to enforce that the business centers must work together to develop and implement a breakout strategy that will enable the company to grow at twice the industry growth."

"Company manages the bottom line and has commitments to Japan."

What do you like about working at Beckman Coulter?

"Used to be a good, employee-friendly company."

What don't you like about working at Beckman Coulter?

"Current management lost all focus on Brea."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Brea is more than a cash cow."

"Premier Employer in Clinical Diagnostics Instrumentation."

What do you like about working at Beckman Coulter?

"Diversity of job opportunities. Literally you can see the world. Put in the effort, and your opportunities are unlimited. This is a robust organization from R&D to Tech Support to Marketing. It's a full spectrum organization."

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

"Make your strengths obvious early and often."

What don't you like about working at Beckman Coulter?

"Like any organization, there are politics."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Let people make mistakes. Good people, even great people, aren't perfect."

"Beckman research group had good scientists and engineers and was a very good place to learn."

What do you like about working at Beckman Coulter?

"Smart, decent scientists and engineers. Research group did great variety of projects. I learned a lot."

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

"Beckman is fine. No company guarantees a job."

What don't you like about working at Beckman Coulter?

"Layoffs."