Can be good if you can take the big company culture - Staff Scientist, R&D BD Employee Review

3.0
Aug 4, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

It's great to know the products can really help people, and the company is pretty serious about being ethical. R&D projects are varied and interesting. Some really excellent people to work with. A respectful and pleasant work environment with good benefits.

Cons

Big, very risk-averse company with a paralyzing massive political bureaucracy. There is a desire to be innovative, but the culture does not really support innovation. Every project requires a huge amount of internal stakeholder input, and the naysayers often have the most power. Hard to be brave when everyone is always out for your budget. Increasingly there is a push to centralize/standardize support functions, which pushes more administrative work onto associates. Can be very hard to really be productive with the massive organizational overhead.

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5.0
Jun 6, 2026
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Pros

Good hours. Paid lunch, clean work environment.

Cons

Suiting up because of PPE requirements take time away from breaks.

4.0
Jun 23, 2026
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Pros

Good PTO and benefits. Work load is manageable but the company is going through a business transformation process which could increase workload to maximize efficiency.

Cons

Work life balance decreased steadily over the years with not a lot of room for growth within FP&A. Many roles were BPO’d out.

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