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Agilent Technologies

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Agilent Technologies reviews

3.7

66% would recommend to a friend

(2,672 total reviews)
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Padraig McDonnell

57% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Agilent Technologies has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 2,672 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
Apr 4, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

The people you work with, period! Extremely good, talented and for the most part hardworking bunch of folks. The Santa Rosa site is also one of the nicest work environments I have ever worked in. Work life balance is great and immediate managers are usually very flexible to your work schedule.

Cons

Senior management. You can count on your manager and probably your 2nd level manager to back you up, support you, communicate and show good leadership. Above this level it starts to get lost. From what i can tell its management by spreadsheet up there. Numbers matter the most. You have to fit a certain business model and if you dont fit, then expect to be cut, starved of resources and see your friends laid off. Same can be said for the forced ranking system they use every year to review your work results. Progression is very hard because what manager wants to up your rank when they will have to down rank someone else.

2.0
Mar 31, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

There are some good engineers you can learn from.

Cons

Constant layoffs in the US. Senior Management clearly wants to get only cheap asian labor. A ridiculous ranking system with quotas which makes it impossible for young engineers to climb up the lader.

3.0
Feb 19, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Work/life balance, reasonable boss, many experienced folks here that a newly graduate can learn from. People are friendly and it does seem like there's not much politics involved, at least at the engineering level. Generally speaking, great working atmosphere.

Cons

Much below average pay compared to bay area standard, the company makes up for it by providing work/life balance and relatively flexible schedule.

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