Thermo Fisher Scientific Employer Reviews

Looking after a small team of four Sales Managers. An extremely busy department, booking travel and arranging meetings, typing of visit reports, downloading monthly figures from SAP onto an excel spreadsheet, typing of Technical complaint letters, post, filing etc. The hardest part of my job is making sure everyone is looked after equally. I enjoy all – more...  aspects of the role and have an excellent working relationship with my colleagues. – less

Working as a technical support representative I was often able to see the importance of reliability from the laboratory equipment we sold. When my customers had a problem it could sometimes bring a stop to a manufacturing facility, or stop the research in a lab. This had a great effect on my appreciation of the job, I did my best to strive toward the – more...  resolution to my customers situation. In Iowa we had a phrase in our department "cradle to the grave", in short that was how we treated every customer and every situation, and as a result the company and our clients did very well for over 75 years. Understanding the significance of the projects our equipment was involved with gave me a great feeling of pride and when I helped get someone back on track it made me feel like I may have helped in a greater endeavor altogether. – less

This is an excellent company with exceptional values & great management which motivates / ensures that you are reaching your potential with the chance at excelling further.

I interact with employees and outside vendors on a daily basis. I've learned that taking ownership gets the job done. My co-workers are best in class and fun to work with. The hardest part of my job is leaving for the day. The most enjoyable part of my job is learning new technical and leadership skills.

I did not get fired (quit with notice) so this is not one of those hatefull reviews. Working at Thermo for the past five years I have seen the company go from what I thought was bad to worse. Working here will literally change your life for the worse. Way too many hours (if you like extreme OT please apply) for anyone to have a life or manage school, – more...  children or anything else. Management does not communicate effectively and lots of the whole "ball is in your court now" mentality. Co-workers were great, those that have been there a while, but really bad turnover with new associates. In my brief time there I had a new GOM, OM and Supervisior every year! Raises were a joke.... twenty or thirty cents a year. They say your raise is really the gain share program the company provides. But the program has so many factors that are out of your personal control (training from management, errors, unattainable goals from being short staffed) it is not awlays awarded. Basically, I would say stay away and find anything better. – less

• Provided status reports of program as required to the client
• Assured equipment list was current and accurate
• Developed and maintained positive working relationships with client and vendors

Have to be a self motivated employee as you will be off site

Very poor managers in coporate. The departments never work in unison and the managers spend more time blaming employees for everything than to figure out solutions and how to get things to flow smoothly. The management issues are present in the executive management and shine through all the way to low level managers. Health benefits are great, pay is – more...  industry average, but overall morale is terrible. – less

I learned about the manufacturing process. Basic set-up , contaminations imperfections and more. My co-workers were great . It was like a big family

Everyday was generally the same routine. There was usually three main things that I do everyday; I make sure everyone knows what they're doing with the daily schedule, set up the line with workers, then check the materials to make each product. When there was a new product to be made I am the person who would learn to make the new product then train – more...  other workers to do the same. If there was something wrong with the final product, then I would need to work with engineers to make changes to the product so it would work correctly. I am also involved with the lean manufacturing, processing, and maintenance of equipment. There are many things I learned at work. I would pick up different skills when building each new product from start to finish. Management was good. I worked close with my managers in the core team and the management has improved from what it was like before. My co-workers worked well together and we were very productive. When things needed to get done, we would work until everything on the schedule was complete, even if it meant staying late after work and working on weekends.The hardest part of my job was when products needed to be made and there weren't enough parts to finish our work. If this happened, we would only make as many products we could finish and the rest of the products would be on hold until we could get enough parts to finish them. The most enjoyable part of my job was being able to work with good people. They were friendly, understanding, and they were still able to stay productive. – less

Pulled & shipped products & accessories with a great group of people I worked with for over 25 yrs. Used all forms of ship methods. The comoradorie among us was what made a sometimes stressful time of year very easy to deal with.Our manager was the first to commend us on a good week.

Enjoyed the day to day challenges and great team environment.

Horrible lack of overall focus by management. Poor communication and horrible array of low-end employees. This company loves to hire "bottom of the totem pole people".

Was led astray several times throughout the on-boarding process and HR is the worst bunch of people I've ever encountered!

Geat company the employes treat you like family.
Thre is allways opportunity to learn new skills and advance with-in the company. Quality and customer satifaction are top priority after safety.

The campus in Verona road is a old haunted building with signs of no hope. Places dirty all around. The baby boomers filled campus is full of politics and never be flexible for changes. They have great people with surprising attitudes.
The employees are paid no training other than salary. The only training they get is their worthless unrecognized so – more...  called PPI training full of unworthy stuff.
The attitude and mind set of people is a typical manufacturing company type of setting with low morale. They will never change.

One would deeply regret if they join for career. – less

I was really happy with my job, but the lack of communication was quite disappointing

The co-workers in the place are great and you look forward to working with them again.

The Fisher Scientific division of Thermo Fisher Scientific is one of the leaders in the scientific supply industry. The work is certainly fast paced and the company is full of professional people.

I began as a clerical temp for 1yr and 4 mos. I started being trained in the Int'l Customer Service Dept., Warranties and Parts. I was hired permanently and worked there for another year and 4 months, learning the actual equipment we manufactured. I expanded into Canada, Gov't sales and all overseas customers. There was a lot of work involved from beginning – more...  to end but gave me a new experience I had never worked in. – less

Very good place to work, and great working enviroment. Great managment and co workers.

Thermo was a great place to work and would still be working there if it didn't move to NC