Eurofins Scientific Reviews

I have been working at Eurofins Scientific full-time for less than a year

Pros – Cabs, Free food (Not good) and friendly people
Short time onsites.
Good pay.

Cons – Please do not join this company. There is no transparency. They tell that job in advanced technologies and after joining you will see that is in very old technologies like classic ASP, VB6 etc. Please be very care full joining in Bangalore location. Also it has filthy rest rooms equivalent to one in bus stands.
Those who go to short term onsite need to serve company for another 10 months even the onsite is for 2 weeks. Otherwise need to payback the onsite expenditure back to company.
No understanding of what we are going to work.
Employee unfriendly, no work from home policy.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep a transparency on what exactly employees work. and about the policies
Please introduce employee friendly policy instead of the unrealistic travel policy.
Also, note that employees stay in a company based on trust and not based on restricted policies.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Eurofins Scientific full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Growing company (although not sure for how long)

Cons – Gilles (Martin) Kingdom.
Employees are pawns. New buzz words: TGHP...Eurofins plan to hire only from without (no internal promotions) to offer top dollars to "Top Grads with High Potential". If you are hoping to advance, sorry, not for you. They want outsiders to come in and measure YOUR efficiency. Oh, and by the way: current Medinet employees? you are about to lose your job to Lancaster....rumor has it, Lancaster is validating a brand new lab to take over all Medinet testing -in secret!...and all current Medinet employees will have to transfer from Chantilly, VA to Lancaster, PA or they are let go...Shhh, it's a secret! How's that for an honest relationship? Beware...this company is not trustworthy! Not the first time and won't be the last time that Eurofins made such an uncaring decision. And they squeeze every drop of your time or you are considered not a team player...

Advice to Senior Management – Your turnover is only the beginning of your woes. Pay attention more to the welfare of your employees and not just on your networking capital. How many times has Des Moines seen turnover? And now your shared services are being transferred to Lancaster? How long until your Lancaster employees get smart? Eventually, the economic environment will improve and you will not be able to retain any more good people because they will be too smart to stay.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at Eurofins Scientific part-time

Pros – Management was decent. Time off wasnt too hard to obtain for vacas. They do promote from within often

Cons – Little to know upward mobility. Pay was bad. Everybody from upper management to the lower rungs were departing reallly, really quickly.

I didn't hold a key position, but in the main national service side had like 6-8 people left in a one year times. The head purchasing and IT left - and where I worked (lab side), people left much faster due to being hourly and given very little upward opportunities

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Eurofins Scientific as a contractor for less than a year

Pros – Office/lab is within 30 minute drive of anywhere in Des Moines

Cons – The place smells horrible - either like biproduct (dead things) or manure. The pay among lab staff and admin staff below director level is subpar and their health benefits are the worst I've ever seen - over $500 a month employee cost for family insurance. I have been working here as a temp for two months and witnessed many instances of questionable behavior among managers. Example: the administrative area was closed off due to black mold but the lab staff was lied to and told they are just painting that area. The catholic religion/rules are regularly discussed openly by HR staff in front of other staff. I recently took a tour of the laboratories and have never seen a more unhappy group of people. I was offered a permanent position, however, am not interested at any rate. Turnover is extremely high among not only Eurofins Scientific but among all the Eurofins business units (they go by many different names). My two month contract here is almost up and I couldn't be happier. I would rather be unemployed than work here. Beware!! The CEO, Michael Russell, is the only person I have met here that didn't leave me with a feeling of creepiness. A very odd group of people! The administrative staff in the Des Moines location will most likely not have jobs within a couple years as they are slowly moving operations to another service center in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at Eurofins Scientific

Pros – The people are nice, for the most part. It's a job and you'll always have 40 hours a week. They rarely fire people.

Cons – You will never be promoted. The turnover rate is extremely high; most of the people that work there are temps so think about this before you accept full time employment with them. You will be underpaid. The management has little to no training and can be very juvenile. It is best to only work here temporarily until you find a good job.

Advice to Senior Management – Go to some sort of management training. Hire assistant supervisors who have management experience. Promote and reward people who do well.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Eurofins Scientific

Pros – I recieved some industry experience while working as an analyst.

Cons – the environment was anti-intellectual and suppressive of thought due to overhead economic pressure. The air conditioning stopped working.

Advice to Senior Management – none.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend