Thermo Fisher Scientific reviews

The entire department is chaos, no one knows what they are supposed to do, 3 out of 4 managers are completely clueless and when put on the spot, they will dump all responsibilities on you. You will not get support from manager, you will not get training, you will learn by making mistakes and being blamed for it. Managers and HR are intrusive, they will monitor your personal life, your breaks, doctor appointments (I had to wait a week before being given the time off and I was asked to provide the reason). Managers will use scare tactics to make you work overtime and weekends (extending your probation period, shouting at you, asking you if you really want this job). Workload is unbearable, you will be doing the work of 2 people, which means that you are bound to forget to do things or running out of time, you will be blamed and asked to provide full details on why and how you could have possibly forgotten something, while all the things you are doing well are completely oblivious to the management. The department is badly organised, management is not aware that computers have been invented, you will print everything and archive it in a box, there is no database, only the boxes in storage. I have spent hours looking for a piece of paper which could have been scanned and stored in a database. Thermofisher is not a green company, you will spend your days printing. I worked for 7 months and I know of 6 people who suffered from burnout, some people came and left within a week. They are 25 people in the team. If you are asked to give suggestion on how to improve the department, do not answer, it is a trick question, you will be reported to HR for having a negative attitude. The company is located in the middle of nowhere, if you don't have a car, it will be difficult to get to work, you can take the bus, emphasis on THE bus, there is only one which runs once an hour, if you miss it, you have to take a taxi which will cost 10 pounds. The bus is always full, be prepared to stand. You can take the job if you are desperate, my advice would be to keep looking for something else, the department will not get better as long as the managers are there.

Since I have now moved to an organisation with respect and integrity who treats employees fairly and with compassion I can honestly say looking back this was the most unprofessional and toxic environment. Firstly, there is a blame culture and no proper training with abysmal compliance so everyone does things differently yet blames one another for problems instead of coming to you with a resolution. People talk behind your back to you about personal matters including management - for example, when we had team members off due to mental health reasons it was openly shared within the office! Secondly, they have dragged everyone back to the office to do the job we can do perfectly well at home for five days a week again so we can all sit in traffic for two hours and sit in an office that is literally falling apart. You are also EXPECTED to do hours outside of your contract without pay despite the fact this is barely above minimum wage. Additionally, if you even try to make a HR complaint HR will share that with their friends in the office so don’t bother. It’s like being at school where if you don’t want to be teachers pet they don’t like anything you do. I wanted to state that the actual job itself is not terrible and Thermo offers some decent benefits like private healthcare and bonus potential, however the basic salary is far below competitors and with a lack of training none can actually manage to do the role properly not to mention managers constantly putting you down instead of giving fair appraisals and helping with development.