Thermo Fisher Scientific Employee Job Reviews in the United States

What do you like about working at Thermo Fisher Scientific?

"Even in a slow economy the Company seems busy with countless orders both domestic and international."

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

"It's not a bad company but don't kill yourself you probably won't see anything in return."

What don't you like about working at Thermo Fisher Scientific?

"Some leadership is scared to change anything about our products."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would Hire more people before forcing everyone into countless hours of unwanted overtime. Also give priority to your full time employees not temps."

"It is a decent company. Great if you want a steady and secured job, but there is very little space to move around in terms of progressing with your career."

"Overall a good organization to work for however, way too much executive leadership turnover."

"Worst compensation, doing the job of more than four persons and no professional growth"

What do you like about working at Thermo Fisher Scientific?

"I love working with directors, customers, vendors and co-workers and making sure that everything runs smoothly through-out the day. I love the challenges and some of the daily stress work brings to the table!"

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

"Do your research before you apply for a job and don't let them play you down."

What don't you like about working at Thermo Fisher Scientific?

"Some managers never acknowledge you are around. Some hate that you are in control of certain duties and make your life horrible.im a team player and innovative. Some employees also have an issue with that."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Treat employees just a bit better and with more respect!"

What do you like about working at Thermo Fisher Scientific?

"Occasional travel to other locations to complete various projects and the people in the Auburn location are good people."

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

"Thermo for the most part has potential for many people seeking employment."

What don't you like about working at Thermo Fisher Scientific?

"Lack of commitment to the IT professional when it comes to continuous education."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Invest in the most important resouce any company has, the employee."

"Very average, boring people. Thermo is often a life sentence."

"Thermo Fisher Scientific has gobbled up too many companies, making it a very large, unwieldy company. A lack of set procedures and a revolving door for middle management made this company difficult to work for."

"Pros: job security is pretty good at Thermo. The insurance is about the same as other places. Cons: when hired told travel was less than 50% but in reality it's well above 75%. The training is good, however when you are in the field it could be months before you see the equipment again. Talking to different people from different companies doing the same job it seems we are on the lower side of the pay scale for the field."

"My job is very intresting to me and I really like it. But location of our office in Russia very uncomfortable and I did'n have nesessary resources to do my job best, I mean website and software."

"It is okay place to work but my dept needs help."

"Old boys club"

What do you like about working at Thermo Fisher Scientific?

"Technical challenges quaiet environment without too much competition, combination between engineering and science."

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

"It is a parking lot with low appetite for change."

What don't you like about working at Thermo Fisher Scientific?

"No opportunity for growth, a lot of internal politics, not many new ideas."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Get feedback from people who understand the technology, create a more dynamic environment."

"Quickly became aware customers were negected w/ level of service. Co's top heavy"

What do you like about working at Thermo Fisher Scientific?

"It started out as a totally great company to work for ...Great boss, great co-workers and treated like a CEO. As time went on after the initial training, I began to see that training was going to be sketchy. As soon as they let the main trainer go 1 year before his retirement and then my awesome supervisor who seemed to really care about his team and his job, I knew something was not quite kosher there."

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

"Cover Your Butt and have a back up plan. Be ready for learning a lot on your own and not getting the direction and feedback you should expect from a very large corporation."

What don't you like about working at Thermo Fisher Scientific?

"No real training program in place, overloaded field force, competition kept stealing our best guys. The company has a cumbersome top down trickle effect and seems indifferent towards the lower levels of employee. They just merge and eliminate jobs, then seek to hire for the very same positions right after instead of utilizing existing manpower. They really lack communication."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Don't operate so indifferently to the employees by just mandating executive privilege. Get involved more, communicate more and rethink your philosophy. Establish better relationships with employees in all areas and seek to retain people not use and discard good people."