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5%
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3.8
Average Rating
(based on 37 Life Technologies Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
3.7
Growth Opportunities
3.1
People You Work With
4.1
Person You Work For
3.9
Rewards You Receive
3.6
Support You Get
3.9
Way You Work
4.0
Work Setting
3.9
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Executive Assistant

"Lost job downsizing, when HR stated my job was safe. Great salary-Loved job."

What do you like about working at Life Technologies?

"Its work in savings lives and great compenstation with intellegent employees"

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

"If you can get your foot in the door; you will love working with the organization and its mission statement. The company is big on giving to the community and make sure that you have a good time doing it. Be honest that you are ok with working long hours"

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

"Extremely long hours with poor benefits and a weak human resources department."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Have panel interviews; be honest and be a team player in using resources especially when traveling"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Senior Lead
Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4.9 / 5
Support You Get 4.5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2.5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Quality Control Scientist

". I am happy that I got a chance to play a leadership role in my laboratory"

What do you like about working at Life Technologies?

"the freedom to troubleshoot on my own and get to learn from my sitakes."

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

"All skills in the laboratory are relevant so don't leave anything out."

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

"they moved to Maryland and took the business with them"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"make team building events regularly scheduled activities for all groups ."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Engineer

"Challenging and rewarding."

What do you like about working at Life Technologies?

"I liked creating new devices to solve the problems they were having in manufacturing."

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

"Do your best to convey a desire to work in a team environment."

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

"The uncertainty / lack of security due to their dependence on the political climate pertaining to the biotech industry."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Give the engineering department more freedom to implement solutions to manufacturing issues."

Person You Work For 5 / 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 4 / 5
Global Product Line Manager
Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3.2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Senior Manager

"An interesting place to work."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4.8 / 5 Work Setting 3.8 / 5
Support You Get 3.2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3.2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3.1 / 5
Company Culture 3.9 / 5 Way You Work 4.6 / 5
Director of Software Engineering
Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4.4 / 5 Work Setting 4.7 / 5
Support You Get 3.4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3.1 / 5
Company Culture 3.2 / 5 Way You Work 4.4 / 5
Senior Sales Representative

"Great support and team spirit."

Person You Work For 3.7 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3.9 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3.7 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 3.9 / 5 Way You Work 3.5 / 5
Production Chemist
Person You Work For 4.1 / 5 People You Work With 3.8 / 5 Support You Get 3.9 / 5
Rewards You Receive 3.9 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5 Company Culture 3.9 / 5
Way You Work 4 / 5
Marketing Communications Manager
Person You Work For 3.9 / 5 People You Work With 4.8 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3.9 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3.8 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 3.6 / 5
Marketing Manager

"Great company to work for, recently losing some of the stability and culture."

Person You Work For 4.4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 3.8 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3.5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2.6 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Mechanical Designer
Person You Work For 3.8 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3.8 / 5
Support You Get 3.9 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3.9 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2.3 / 5
Company Culture 3.1 / 5 Way You Work 3.8 / 5
Manufacturing Team Leader

"Very good starting job that has developed key experiences to succeed in life"

What do you like about working at Life Technologies?

"Life Technologies has bright vision for the future and is developing its place within the the Biotech arena by leveraging the technologies int he company to give full system answers for consumers. The company also offers tuition reimbursement that I am taking advantage of by obtaining my MBA."

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

"Ensure that the day-to-day activities are discussed so the interviewee will know what to expect of the position. Words in job descriptions can sound different than true expectations of the job."

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

"My specific is very small and does not allow a lot of room for growth without developing new positions."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"When giving projects or tasks be specific as to what is needed and the timeline that they need to be completed in. Acknowledge a job well done via different company benefits available."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 2 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Senior Scientist
Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 4.7 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1.5 / 5
Company Culture 4.8 / 5 Way You Work 3.9 / 5
Life Technologies Employee
Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5

Life Technologies Reviews FAQs

Is Life Technologies a good company to work for?

Life Technologies has an overall rating of 3.8 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 37 Life Technologies Review Ratings left anonymously by Life Technologies employees, which is 3% lower than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 89% of employees would recommend working at Life Technologies.

Does Life Technologies pay their employees well?

Life Technologies employees earn $75,000 annually on average, or $36 per hour, which is 14% higher than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 4 Life Technologies employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find Life Technologies Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at Life Technologies?

89% of employees would recommend working at Life Technologies with the overall rating of 3.8 out of 5. Employees also rated Life Technologies 3.7 out of 5 for Company Culture, 3.6 for Rewards You Receive, 3.1 for Growth Opportunities and 3.9 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at Life Technologies?

According to our data, the highest paying job at Life Technologies is a Senior Director at $201,000 annually. Browse Life Technologies Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at Life Technologies?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at Life Technologies is a Student at $20,000 annually. Browse Life Technologies Salaries by Job Profile.

What are the pros and cons of working at Life Technologies?

According to reviews on CareerBliss, employees commonly rated the pros of working at Life Technologies to be Company Culture, Growth Opportunities, People You Work With and Person You Work For, and no cons.

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