Sigma-Aldrich Employer Reviews

Sigma-Aldrich is a great company to begin your scientific career. It is easy to switch to many parts of the corporation, as long as you are just starting out in them (such as marketing, procurement, etc.). Advancement is difficult due to its conservative culture and long time employees.

I worked at Aldrich for 7 years at their Sheboygan Falls plant. It was a good place to work but at times frustrating. It was a 24/7 schedule which meant 12 hour shifts. One day you could work the entire 12 and the next mabye 2 and spend the other 10 looking for the correct tools or trying to fix the machinery. Management were o.k. for the most part, – more... if you left them alone they are not hands on. There were no difficult or hard jobs, just repetitive lifting, and EXTREME BOREDOM! I enjoyed working with my coworkers they were all friendly and that is the part I miss the most – less

Learn a lot , very organized place ,management is very well cooperating with employees, co-workers very helpful and cooperative.
Working in Sigma -Aldrich was very enjoyable.

Sigma Aldrich has recognized the need to reinvent itself as a research supply company. This is very positive but has brought changes far too often for the sales force. Changes to product focus, areas of accountability and even the compensation plan. From a corporate level these initiatives make sense but impact the financial security of those in the – more... field selling the products. – less

I am not sure how a company with no real vision or strategy and with the same business model as Montgomery Ward is actually still in business in this day and age. They were great before the internet but this company continually fails to innovate or change. If you are scientist, work in their labs for a few years for experience and then move on. They – more... have surprisingly good benefits, but that is the only perk.

I personally am glad to be done with them.

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Good stable company. Benefits are reasonable. Enjoyed working at Sigma

Hard Working And Help Other Also Worked OverTime And Work A Lot On MyOwn And Was Very Good With Warehouse Production

Overall good company with good values and a nice work life balance

Sigma-Aldrich is a great company to work for in St. Louis. The culture is professional and open. Management is very accessible and approachable. Sigma employees pride themselves on delivering quality.

The company is very poorly managed. They have an attitude of "everyone is easily replaced" so there is no attempt to keep good employees, thus the pay is far below industy standards.

While employed with them I witnessed many serious accidents occuring that are being swept under the rug so they don't have to be reported to OSHA or EPA. There was also – more... very little attempt to protect employee health as well. All atempts to complain are met with firing. – less

Nice place to work,management is really nice,they are little less on pay compared to other major companies.

A typical day at work begins at 10:00 and involves a packing system based on productivity. Expectations are stressed daily for rate to be made. I've always been a team player but this job has expanded that. I've also learned to ensure the quality of my work is above expectations. Management can be frustrating sometimes. As for co-workers we always have – more... those who go above and beyond as well as those who don't. I have been told in every review that I consistently go above and beyond to help my coworkers. The hardest part of the job is not moving to different areas of the warehouse to be cross trained even though I have expressed interest numerous times to both my supervisor and warehouse manager. The most enjoyable part of my job is knowing that I have a secure job – less

Good company to work for. Great benefits and culture. Managements supports their employees.

I would never recommend anyone to work for this place. Management is bad and the equipments and building is outdated. The company is not willing to fix anything.

The benefit packages available are quite nice and competitive with other places of employment however the salary compensation left some to be desired for me. My supervisor was easy to work with and had an open door policy which made it a nice place to work and my peers there were typically helpful with daily questions and tasks.

A typical day at Sigma would be a mellow day just getting the neccessaty work that needs to be done, then adding some more work to get it setup for the next group. That working with the team is the easiest way to get all the work done and it is easier to work as a team rather than trying to tackle alot of work by yourself. My mangement at the site was – more... very nice and hepful when a problem or situation arrupted. All of my fellow co workers were all hard working and fun to do stuff outside of work. Trying to find enough work to do thru a day between the group. Just being able to help of groups when was asked. – less

This is my first time doing this kind of work but I love it will recommend working here

Hands on company training. Paid education. Kept up to date with what is going on with the company. Worked as a whole on company and self improvement.

Got to pick all different sizes of orders in a pharmacetical company. Was introduced to go into rooms where substances were in the huge freezer rooms. Again Co-workers were always helpful unlike the immediate supervisor.

picking stocking piling shipping and packing pharmaceuticals and chemical products.