Is Agilent Technologies a good company to work for?

Agilent Technologies has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 3,213 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 (42) , 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 357 reviews)); "People are great and easy to work with." ((in 230 reviews)); "the benefits are good and include paid overtime" ((in 180 reviews)); "Great colleagues and site in Barcelona" ((in 83 reviews)); "Good pay & Bonus is high" ((in 81 reviews))

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

"and the salary was low" ((in 81 reviews)); "The cons are if you are one of the unlucky ones to land a bad manager." ((in 69 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs if you’re not in Santa Rosa" ((in 37 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 26 reviews)); "Low salary and bonus." ((in 25 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?

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3.7

66% would recommend to a friend

(2,672 total reviews)

Padraig McDonnell

57% 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 3.7 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

4.0

Oct 30, 2008

Good to see life in an established company with a mature product - Co-op/Intern perspective

Software test engineer (co-op)

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Pros

It was great to work on a product that was useful, and used by a wide range of excellent companies. Getting involved with a wide variety of networking protocols is a great experience. Although the product is mature and changes are constrained by previous versions, testing was a little bit less so. In the time I was there (8 months) there were some significant changes made or planned to the testing process, some of which came from the Test Engineers as well as the managers. The coworkers are great, especially the team I worked on.

Cons

Working on a mature product meant that there was little room for creativity. The improvements and changes were constrained by the previous iterations. This applied to the testing as well, although less so.

3.0

Oct 26, 2008

A good place for benefits, a bad place for ranking.

Anonymous employee

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Pros

Agilent has a good work-life balance. Flexible working time is a major plus. Agilent allows each employee to pursue their individual interest; lateral moves are accommodated with little reistance. Benifits at Agilent are great. Agilent offers a hefty bonus every six months based on company profits. Agilent allows paid time for community volunteering each month. Agilent also offers a 4% match on 401k contributions instead of the standard 3%. As a plus for young employees, agilent has an unlimited source of senior engineers to work with and learn from.

Cons

Agilent's ranking system is vastly outdated. Managers force fit a bell curve of performace each year dispite how the individual employees perform. Politics are strong in the ranking process which force managers to rank the senior engineers over the newer ones, even though a lot of senior engineers have gotten comfortable and are no longer contributing at a high level. In general Agilent has too many managers. When layoffs come around engineers are laid-off and the managment expands. Most of Agilents workforce is composed of "senior" engineers that are near retirement, the mix of new employees is not there. This doesn't allow vertical advancement because these postions are already taken and the forced bell curve doesn't allow any additional positions.

4.0

Oct 21, 2008

Great stable company to work for, not meant for drivers.

Field engineer

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Pros

A ton of great people, knowledge, and resources. Newer talent has a virtually unlimited access to senior resources. As with most big companies, there are multiple roles you can play.

Cons

Pay for new hires is now where near what other bay area companies are paying. Career advancement is limited for younger talent.

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Good to see life in an established company with a mature product - Co-op/Intern perspective

A good place for benefits, a bad place for ranking.

Great stable company to work for, not meant for drivers.

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