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ID Business Solutions

Part of Danaher

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ID Business Solutions reviews

4.0

73% would recommend to a friend

(89 total reviews)
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Pietro Forgione

69% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

ID Business Solutions has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 89 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The ID Business Solutions employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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89 reviews
5.0
Sep 29, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Fantastic people to work with - a real team spirit has evolved within the product delivery section. You get to work with very knowledgable people (both in terms of tech & sciences) - always something interesting to learn. The work is varied and challenging, with opportunity to learn new tech (both hands on & via training/conferences). Self learning and play is supported, even if it doesn't directly contribute towards your immediate work. I enjoy coming to work and get a real sense of achievement from what I do. There are structured career development paths available (leading to both technical & management careers) and there are plenty of people at idbs that have seen their careers grow from humble beginnings - as evidenced by the fact student placements have come back to work for us after they have graduated.

Cons

Can sometimes be stressful based on some client engagements and around release time. Can also be intimidating for a new starter as there is a lot to learn and a lot of people doing things. Because of the compliant nature of some customers, the process around software delivery can seem a little "cumbersome", but we do successfully pass customers audits - so it works.

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ID Business Solutions Response
10y
Thanks for taking the time to comment on your perception of working at IDBS. It's great to hear that you enjoy coming to work and are encouraged to develop. We have a great team of people in our business.
5.0
May 6, 2015

Continually evolving

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Different company to the one I originally joined - but in a good way; opportunities to really make a difference. Really good benefits generally for the company size. Free vending including drinks, snacks and fruit We do cool stuff to help transform lives

Cons

Size of the business means there's nowhere to hide if you want to be a passenger and just drift along (I actually see this as a positive) Parking can be a challenge.

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ID Business Solutions Response
9y
Thanks for your feedback. I'm happy to hear you value our benefits package (which we further enhanced at the end of 2016) and that you recognise the business continues to evolve.
2.0
Aug 18, 2022

Widespread change to organisation operations

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Many of the associates are very talented. The benefits in general were good. HR recognised the need to modernise this too and added other benefits. There was opportunities to grow in the business if you out your mind to it. The Danaher model was good in places and meant there was a well oiled bonus and pay structure in place year on year.

Cons

The Senior Leadership Team (SDT) were out of touch. Creating unattainable goals for associates that often relied on middle management or another department in order for them to achieve it. This was especially frustrating as they were often linked to your own bonus. To many cooks in the kitchen on many things leading to decisions taking far longer then they should take. Many associates have been at the company a long time, whilst this is good for retention / knowledge these were also the people that were unable to change for the better. They struggled to understand that things could be done differently. Change agents were often ignored. The product was dated and the UX needed to be refreshed. Often cutting corners with solutions to meet an arbitrary date that only the business was interested in. No appreciation for technical debt and often discarded as not important. Product Owners not understanding Agile and acting as middle management project managers to senior leaders. Slow release process that had more documentation then actual features in the release. Danaher processes were often slow and heavy. Doing metrics for metrics sake. There were times when it was easily recognised there was issues with processes and we could easily just do it, but instead it was chosen to do formal processes which took months and only helped with minor improvements.

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ID Business Solutions Response
3y
Thank you for your detailed feedback - we hope you shared this with your manager and HR before you left. As you recognise, our people are our biggest asset and we have worked hard to ensure we provide a competitive benefits package. As you mention there are plenty of career development opportunities within IDBS and within Danaher more widely. Thank you also for your additional comments which we have passed on to our senior leadership team to address.
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