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Thermo Fisher Scientific

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Decent place to start (I work at CRG, a part of Thermo Fisher Scientific) - Assistant Scientist Thermo Fisher Scientific Employee Review

3.0
27 Apr 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

CRG has some flexibility with the work hours. You may have a typical time you go in but can come in at other times as long as it falls within your shift period (i.e. normally clock in at 8am but can come in at 7am or 9am as well). You have the capability working a different shift if approved by your manager. You either work 1st or 2nd shift, with 2nd shift offering a $3 boost on top of the base salary.

Cons

Thermo Fisher has stripped several benefits that made CRG more appealing: ending incentivized overtime, ending PTO carrying over to next calendar year, restricting overall overtime. Promotions are not being approved for deserving employees. There are several employees, at the bench analyst level, who are still awaiting promotions that were on track to approval before a 'promotional freeze' hit the company, Some people have been waiting for at least a year to get promoted with no word on when promotions will start back up.

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5.0
9 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The company has very good benefits

Cons

its a 24 hour operation.

2.0
6 Jul 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Since the company is big, it's a great opportunity for networking, learning new skills, and earning certificates after completing hazard safety training that you can use in the future as well (especially if you're working with Unity Lab Services). Coworkers are usually nice and will always lend a hand if you need it. If you're lucky, you might be placed at a one-person site where the site supervisor is chill and understanding, lets you work at your own pace, and helps you learn new things by giving you "side quests."

Cons

No real career growth. The workload can be hard to keep up with at times, and the company strictly enforces an 8-hour workday with no overtime, even when needed. Day-to-day operations feel heavily micromanaged by upper management through strict policies. HR introduces new policies almost monthly, often adding tasks that feel unnecessary. They frame this as becoming "more data-driven," but in practice, it hasn't led to much noticeable improvement.

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