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Not a great company and even worse location! - Anonymous employee Firmenich Employee Review

2.0
29 Aug 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good development labs and great for learning how to train your 'sniffing' skills. Friendly staff in some departments. Plenty of parking.

Cons

Location! Opposite Costco Hayes on a busy road. Firlon 2 building needs to be knocked down. Certainly breaks the rules with disabled workers as there is no lift. Just a narrow staircase. One ladies toilet on the first floor. Very focussed on Jive software which there is very little training on; a webinar if you're lucky! A lot of blockers instead of enablers.

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Firmenich Response
8y
Thank you for sharing your experience. Your feedback is incredibly helpful. We are committed to creating work environments where each employee is empowered and encouraged to grow. It is why we aim to develop workplaces that foster collaboration and innovation. We will pass along your comments to our Global Workspace Solutions team and we wish you all the best in your career.

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Cons

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Firmenich Response
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Thanks for sharing your review! It is nice to hear about your positive experience.
3.0
12 Mar 2017
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Pros

Range of creative, scientific, business, supply chain and support jobs. Global experience and mobility opportunities (at mid to high level positions). Good health benefits compared to many other companies. Company is strong financially and growing financially (but opportunities are being filled by outside talent, not internally)

Cons

Pervasive clique-oriented culture and sink-or-swim for those not in a protected group, both which play key roles in advancement opportunities. Perception and network matters more than individual results. Inequitable distribution of heads to sites in dire need. Poor HR environment for quality employee support, growth, and development. Burnout becoming very pervasive, with company asking for more-and-more. IS systems are cumbersome and poorly designed...creative more inefficiency instead of solving efficiency issues.

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