No Career Path - Anonymous employee Waters Employee Review

3.0
Feb 19, 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Innovative on the chemistry side (extremely innovative), so if you are a chemist working on instruments, it's a very exciting place to work.

Cons

There's a lot of internal hiring, and not so much workforce reduction. This can be good...or it can lead to a completely stagnant employee base. There are no set career paths for lower level employees. You stay in the job you have until you quit/retire or you force a move. All higher level management is on the verge of retirement without a clear succession plan.

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