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3.9
Average Rating
(based on 128 Quest Diagnostics Review Ratings)

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Company Culture
3.8
Growth Opportunities
3.4
People You Work With
4.4
Person You Work For
4.0
Rewards You Receive
3.7
Support You Get
3.9
Way You Work
4.1
Work Setting
3.8
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"It was a great learning experience for safety protocol, patient privacy and team work."
Posted 16 years ago in Horsham, PA
Quest Diagnostics Employee

"Poorly managed company, cliquey, family owned business."

Area Sales Manager

What do you like about working at Quest Diagnostics?

"Good manager, good company."

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

"Only if really think you can sell in this industry."

What don't you like about working at Quest Diagnostics?

"All commission, no benefits."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Use a salary plus commission basis for future hiring."

Teleunderwriter

"It was an overall alright job."

What do you like about working at Quest Diagnostics?

"The pay and the people."

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

"Be open and honest."

What don't you like about working at Quest Diagnostics?

"The strictness."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be more loose and relaxed."

HR Manager

What do you like about working at Quest Diagnostics?

"It is a good company overall with great benefits and some excellent people."

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

"Overall it is a good company but you have a few that upset the apple cart for so many."

What don't you like about working at Quest Diagnostics?

"Some of the management team from the unilab system."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"1. Stop acting like you care about eeo/aap when you lay off black exempt/non exemp employees in the CA area. (Check on NoCA HR Director and ask her why with only four (4) black managers in NoCA she laid of two (2) of them. One was the C/S Mgr with 20 plus years with QD and the HR Manager with 3+ years. 2. Stop acting like you care about employment of age 65 yrs plus when they are the first to be laid off. 3. Why are the same management team (that was with Unilab) still in charge and treating employees poorly. 4. Fear is the rule of the day (everyone needs a job and that is what keep everyone in place). 5. Better communication with your people (sr level)."

HR Representative

"This employer is a well-balanced employer with good intentions that sometimes back-fire."

What do you like about working at Quest Diagnostics?

"Awesome employees to support."

What don't you like about working at Quest Diagnostics?

"Too much middle-management."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Reduce the middle bulge and get the people who rock the compensation they deserve."

Programmer

What do you like about working at Quest Diagnostics?

"Good place for career growth."

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

"Must know something about insurance."

What don't you like about working at Quest Diagnostics?

"A very conservative company when I was still there."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Stability for the company by not changing/selling company."

Quality Control Technician

What do you like about working at Quest Diagnostics?

"Challenging."

What don't you like about working at Quest Diagnostics?

"Third shift."

Technical Specialist

"Good place to gain experience."

Senior Forensic Analyst

What do you like about working at Quest Diagnostics?

"I learned a lot for more than 16 years. It's a nice place to work. I contributed and shared my knowledge in chemistry an forensic analysis. I was trained in different areas and they also listened and shared my input how to solve problems and shared my ideas to them. I contributed my knowledge in formulation and making some reagent and in house quality control. They give an opportunity to widen my expertise in instrumentation and quality control and trained people under me to become more knowledgeable in different areas. Also I am very good in cost cutting."

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

"Be more specific and need to list all the different machine or analyzer you have been using or familiar."

What don't you like about working at Quest Diagnostics?

"I love to work in this company."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"My suggestion is to give some people an opportunity to train in different areas so if there is a short of people you can just reassign them with downtime."

Clinical Information Specialist

What do you like about working at Quest Diagnostics?

"Great learning opportunity."

What don't you like about working at Quest Diagnostics?

"The salary."

Quest Diagnostics Employee

What do you like about working at Quest Diagnostics?

"There really wasn't a lot to like."

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

"If you're quite desperate for work, by all means try them, but there are a lot better places to work."

What don't you like about working at Quest Diagnostics?

"Standby, really an abuse of employee time and a free ride for Quest to get increased productivity with no cost to them."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"A little more honesty would be refreshing,"

Scientist

"Growing company."

What do you like about working at Quest Diagnostics?

"Learning environment."

What don't you like about working at Quest Diagnostics?

"Managers don't have any job stability. So, supervisors are very changeable."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Enthusiasm."

Mainframe Application Tester

"Great company and great teams to work with."

What do you like about working at Quest Diagnostics?

"The people and different opportunities for growth."

What don't you like about working at Quest Diagnostics?

"Some departments are not forward thinking."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"A little more personal time with team members."

Senior Phlebotomist

"Boot camp."

What do you like about working at Quest Diagnostics?

"Accrual of PTO time."

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

"Good luck."

What don't you like about working at Quest Diagnostics?

"They overwork employees."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Treat people like people, not machines."

Specialty Account Manager

"Think twice before considering a position with Quest."

What do you like about working at Quest Diagnostics?

"The manager who hired me. Besides that, not much!"

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

"If you are a good sales rep, this is not the company to work for!"

What don't you like about working at Quest Diagnostics?

"Everything. Horrible compensation. Non-existent bonus plan. Incompetence throughout the organization."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Listen to the sales reps!"

Quest Diagnostics Reviews FAQs

Is Quest Diagnostics a good company to work for?

Quest Diagnostics has an overall rating of 3.9 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 128 Quest Diagnostics Review Ratings left anonymously by Quest Diagnostics employees, which is equal to the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 93% of employees would recommend working at Quest Diagnostics.

Does Quest Diagnostics pay their employees well?

Quest Diagnostics employees earn $40,000 annually on average, or $19 per hour, which is 39% lower than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 55 Quest Diagnostics employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find Quest Diagnostics Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at Quest Diagnostics?

93% of employees would recommend working at Quest Diagnostics with the overall rating of 3.9 out of 5. Employees also rated Quest Diagnostics 3.8 out of 5 for Company Culture, 3.7 for Rewards You Receive, 3.4 for Growth Opportunities and 3.9 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at Quest Diagnostics?

According to our data, the highest paying job at Quest Diagnostics is a Executive Director at $226,000 annually. Browse Quest Diagnostics Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at Quest Diagnostics?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at Quest Diagnostics is a Personal Assistant at $16,000 annually. Browse Quest Diagnostics Salaries by Job Profile.

What are the pros and cons of working at Quest Diagnostics?

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

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