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I Don't Know What Happened - QC Chemist Thermo Fisher Scientific Employee Review

1.0
21 May 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

My boss and department were kind, but didn't get to have a say in what happened.

Cons

I was fired and I don't know why. I had a great boss and my department was really great. I received a call one Friday night saying that my assignment was suddenly ended because of some complaints from a rival department. I was completely blindsided and didn't receive any feedback other than that I was out of a job. All I know is that I did my job as best as I could and some angry young people who don't know me and never talked to me didn't like me and formed a coup to get me fired. It makes me sad that people lead with their anger and form judgments of others rather than taking the time to get to know people their own age.

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Cons

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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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