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Working at Brooks Automation in Chelmsford, MA: 11 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Chelmsford, MA Area

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On average, employees in Chelmsford, MA at Brooks Automation give their company a 2.3 rating out of 5.0 based on 11, whereas overall Average Rating of Brooks Automation is 4.2 out of 5.0 based on 42 Brooks Automation Review Ratings. The happiest Brooks Automation employees in Chelmsford, MA are Engineering Technicians submitting an average rating of 5.0 and Test Engineers with a rating of 4.6.

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4.2
Average Rating
(based on 25 Brooks Automation Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
4.2
Growth Opportunities
3.8
People You Work With
4.7
Person You Work For
4.3
Rewards You Receive
4.0
Support You Get
4.0
Way You Work
4.2
Work Setting
4.1
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Working at Brooks Automation in Chelmsford, MA: 11 Employee Reviews

Brooks Automation Employee

"The company was OK to work for."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Lead Engineering Technician

"Throughout my time with the company I came up against many roadblocks."

What do you like about working at Brooks Automation?

"Most of the people you interact with are genuine, and the new projects are challenging to work on."

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

"Be yourself and honest, if you don.t get hired, their loss."

What don't you like about working at Brooks Automation?

"The atmosphere, seems as though everyone is for themselves, no teamwork."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Lighten up and listen attentively to your employees they may have the answer."

Person You Work For 2 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5

Company-Industry Rating Comparison

4.2
Brooks Automation (42)

4.5 Highest Rated in this Industry is Genie Industries (19)
2.3 Lowest Rated in this Industry is Adams Thermal Systems (8)
3.7 Average of All Companies in this Industry (6,656)
Test Engineer

What do you like about working at Brooks Automation?

"I like the type of work and the industry I work in"

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

"Research the average salary for your field to better negotiate"

What don't you like about working at Brooks Automation?

"I think the company is understaffed resulting in work overload"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The company is understaffed and could benefit from hiring more employees"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Senior Software Systems Engineer
Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4.8 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 4.9 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.8 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3.2 / 5
Company Culture 3.1 / 5 Way You Work 3.8 / 5
Engineering Technician
Person You Work For 4.9 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Senior Engineer
Person You Work For 4.2 / 5 People You Work With 4.7 / 5 Work Setting 4.5 / 5
Support You Get 4.5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3.5 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Senior Software Engineer

"A very mixed bag, very bad leadership."

What do you like about working at Brooks Automation?

"The company is trying to be on the cutting edge of technology. Flexible. Treats employees respectfully (even as they are being layed-off!)"

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

"Try to talk to peer-level people candidly. See what they think of the current management team...."

What don't you like about working at Brooks Automation?

"During my time major re-orgs were happening about once every 2-3 months. I've never met my manager's boss, because there was no point. He'd be gone in a month anyway...."

Electrical Engineer

What do you like about working at Brooks Automation?

"The challenge of having to solve new problems everyday."

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

"It is a great place to work for. Be technically ready to face the many challenges that you will face. More importantly, when resolving an issue: thoroughly investigate it , document it and present an appropriate solution."

What don't you like about working at Brooks Automation?

"It took management too long to approve suggestions made for product enhancement."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"In this ever-changing world, management needs to be nimble and ready to reassess even solutions that worked in the past."

Art Director

"It's a very political environment."

What do you like about working at Brooks Automation?

"It was very 9 to 5."

What don't you like about working at Brooks Automation?

"The office is in the middle of nowhere. Lunch options are limited. Politics was overwhelming."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Software was the key to integration."

Senior Software Engineer

"A job required lot of traveling."

What do you like about working at Brooks Automation?

"Learning a lot of new stuff in short period of time."

What don't you like about working at Brooks Automation?

"Traveling abroad."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"planning more ahead of time."

Supplier QA Coordinator

"Brooks Automation was a great place to work"

What do you like about working at Brooks Automation?

"The people"

What don't you like about working at Brooks Automation?

"I got laid off after 9/11"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Hire me back"

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