Working at Bio-Rad Laboratories in Hercules, CA: 18 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Hercules, CA Area

"Great place to work. Small company feel in a big company."

"This would be a good company to work for only if managers were more about proper training and developing employees rather than brown-nosing senior management and simply caring about their own careers."

"I worked as a manufacturing engineer back in 2005 for 6 years and had an excellent boss. I have returned but my boss just left the company."

"Biorad is very good biotech company with strong Ethics. But biorad need to pick up technologies in order to be competitive. We need a change in leadership thinking to make these dynamic changes which will benefit for future ahead for biorad."

"A rather serene campus at Hercules, the projects and divisions are siloed and could use a lot more collegial interdependence and feedback. The company culture is friendly and non-hostile, there is room for growth but is predicated on your own drive."

"Been here 10 years and things have definitely changed. Went from a family environment to very corporate. Not much room to advance."

"Bio-Rad is a great place to work. The campus is beautiful and colleagues are professional and amiable."

What do you like about working at Bio-Rad Laboratories?

"Biotech vertical is an exciting vertical. Its great to learn when you work in this."

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

"I will say be thorough about your resume. Whatever is written in resume one must be master of that"

What don't you like about working at Bio-Rad Laboratories?

"Scope of work is limited. The SOA governance is missing in the company."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Apply SOA governance and Agile methodology so that work can be more productive."

What do you like about working at Bio-Rad Laboratories?

"Again, the people at BR were the nice people I worked with."

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

"Again, this is a big wheel and the changes happen very slowly. Be patient!"

What don't you like about working at Bio-Rad Laboratories?

"The difficult in trying to get changes on the system and convince the people the changes will not effect the test."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Understand that not all hardware will effect the results of the test and will not be in violation of FDA."

"The ability to give inputs on new development."

What do you like about working at Bio-Rad Laboratories?

"All the different people within the group and outside the group."

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

"The wages are low but the job is stable. Again the people at BR are some of the nice people I have ever worked with."

What don't you like about working at Bio-Rad Laboratories?

"Trying to get things changed or done. The big wheel turns slow."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Create paths for future growth for the employees to better them self's or new opportunity."

"OK employer, but limited growth."

"Bio-Rad is a great place to work if you're looking for stability."

What do you like about working at Bio-Rad Laboratories?

"I enjoy my interactions with my colleagues, which helps me to stay focused on our customers."

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

"The poeople that work at Bio-Rad really want to make a difference; sometimes the processes get in the way of complete efficiency."

What don't you like about working at Bio-Rad Laboratories?

"The Management - they really can be out of touch sometime"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Stay involved; know what challenges are facing your employees and help them stay on track with strategic imperatives instead of having them get involved with the fires that arise."

"Very unexpected."

What do you like about working at Bio-Rad Laboratories?

"Flexibility and the talent of coworkers."

What don't you like about working at Bio-Rad Laboratories?

"Growth opportunities are very far in between."

"Good working conditions and enjoyed the personel."

What do you like about working at Bio-Rad Laboratories?

"I enjoyed the work"

What don't you like about working at Bio-Rad Laboratories?

"The layed me off."