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Beckman Coulter Diagnostics

Part of Danaher

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The ship is sinking - Engineer Beckman Coulter Diagnostics Employee Review

1.0
Sep 6, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Great people and PTO. Good experience and flexibility to learn new things.

Cons

Under Danaher umbrella Microscan became very lean, in product and employees. Good employees are leaving left and right and management is not doing jack about it. Corporation and VPs preach about retaining employees and hiring within, then I see new employees hired with much greater pay than those that have done a great job here for years. HR does not even keep up with the current economy, new talent cannot thrive or even start a life here in Sacramento at their current pay rate. Communicating with senior management all the way to VP is pointless! No one listens and no one cares until everything is falling apart. Production equipment is outdated decades ago and is not replaced until critical failures occur, then company pays out the rear for rentals and requests emergency funding and implementing costing much more than if it was replaced at appropriate intervals. Short staffed all the time, list of projects keeps growing like a tumor yet no one else is hired and a lot of people are retiring soon.

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
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Pros

Great people, good team culture. You will make lasting friendships with the people who work here and can make a home for yourself.

Cons

Low pay across the board. Unless coming in externally, most pay is 15-30% pay in range. Unless you stay in role for 15 years, you will most likely never even get close to 50% of your pay range. There is also constant turn over as new people coming in aren’t onboarded well or supported and burn out in less than 12 months. You stay for the people, not the pay.

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