Is Agilent Technologies a good company to work for?

Agilent Technologies has an overall rating of 3.6 out of 5, based on over 3,218 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months. 66% of employees would recommend working at Agilent Technologies to a friend and 53% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Agilent Technologies have been left by employees working as Intern , Program Manager and Field Service Engineer (FSE) .

Does Agilent Technologies pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Agilent Technologies employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Agilent Technologies. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Agilent Technologies?

66% of Agilent Technologies employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Agilent Technologies 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Agilent Technologies?

Field Service Engineer (88) , Account Manager (60) , Software Engineer (59) , Customer Service Representative (53) , Engineer (44) , Project Manager (42) , Intern (33) , Manufacturing Engineer (33) , Manager (31) , Field Service Engineer (FSE) (28) , Manufacturing Technician (27) , Program Manager (25) , Business Process Analyst (22) , Product Manager (22) , Director (21)

What are the pros of working at Agilent Technologies according to real employee reviews?

"Work/Life balance is good because there is not much projects are going on in their business (unfortunately)" ((in 348 reviews)); "People are great and easy to work with." ((in 229 reviews)); "the benefits are good and include paid overtime" ((in 183 reviews)); "Pays well and bonuses can be good" ((in 82 reviews)); "Colleagues that are friendly and helpful." ((in 78 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Agilent Technologies according to real employee reviews?

"and the salary was low" ((in 80 reviews)); "The cons are if you are one of the unlucky ones to land a bad manager." ((in 65 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs if you’re not in Santa Rosa" ((in 39 reviews)); "Low salary and bonus." ((in 29 reviews)); "Upper management does not take employee suggestions seriously, and gives backlash for trying to make things better if it doesn’t align with their ideas." ((in 27 reviews))

What are employees saying about Agilent Technologies layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Agilent Technologies layoffs and their outlook for job security at Agilent Technologies in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Agilent Technologies locations?

Santa Clara , Wilmington , Santa Rosa , Carpinteria , Cedar Creek , Boulder , San Jose , Boston , Colorado Springs , Frederick , Philadelphia , Austin , San Diego , Lexington , New York , San Francisco , Denver , Winooski , Folsom , Chicago , Los Angeles , Ankeny , Washington , Memphis , Santa Clarita , Englewood , Fort Collins , Detroit , Dallas , Houston

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3.6

66% would recommend to a friend

(2,677 total reviews)

Padraig McDonnell

58% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.6

Culture & values

3.5

Compensation and benefits

3.2

Career opportunities

3.1

Senior management

Agilent Technologies has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 2,677 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Agilent Technologies employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

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3K reviews

3.0

May 13, 2010

No Strategic Direction but good work life balance

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Good work life balance Competent operational managers Excellent technical team that is a pleasure to work with Recognition bonuses can be very nice if you have the right manager

Cons

Strategic direction changes every 2-3 months Frequent layoffs if you’re not in Santa Rosa Senior management now micro-manages the divisions even though they don’t understand the businesses

4.0

May 10, 2010

Ethical and Professional

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

* appreciates employees * amazingly flexible work schedules * great benefits * opportunities to move around * casual dress code * fabulous lay-off package

Cons

Is the ship going down? When I started in 2000 there were 48,000 employees. Today it's somewhere in the ball park of 15,000, with a much higher percentage in Asia. Much of the US & European offices are reduced. There are always bum managers in every corporation and they do have a few here and there. If you look for it you can find some politics but the majority of people are just there to do their job and do it well.

4.0

Apr 21, 2010

Quite OK

Account manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very skilled and knowledgeable people, good overall compensation package derived from the former HP way, global company with offices around the world

Cons

Only focus on business fields that are currently very profitable, very political, culture not very open compared with other US companies

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