Does PerkinElmer pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, PerkinElmer employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at PerkinElmer. This rating has decreased by 6% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at PerkinElmer?

30% of PerkinElmer employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated PerkinElmer 3.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.7 for culture and values and 2.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at PerkinElmer?

Field Service Engineer (22) , Lab Technician (21) , Manager (19) , Engineer (18) , Sales (16) , RNA Extraction Technician (15) , Scientist (13) , Software Engineer (13) , Director (12) , Product Manager (12) , Project Manager (12) , Customer Support Engineer (11) , Applications Scientist (10) , Laboratory Technician (10) , Sales Representative (10)

What are the pros of working at PerkinElmer according to real employee reviews?

"The people are great & the company does amazing things for human health" ((in 104 reviews)); "Good benefit and learning environment" ((in 82 reviews)); "Good pay and healthcare oriented." ((in 53 reviews)); "Great colleagues with long time experience." ((in 46 reviews)); "Work life balance is good" ((in 45 reviews))

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

"poor management and proper planning" ((in 96 reviews)); "Upper management is ancient in its thinking." ((in 38 reviews)); "Too many managers" ((in 32 reviews)); "The company is too risk adverse and there is a lack of leadership for the overall organization." ((in 29 reviews)); "constant layoffs" ((in 26 reviews))

What are employees saying about PerkinElmer layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about PerkinElmer layoffs and their outlook for job security at PerkinElmer in 2026.

What are the top reviewed PerkinElmer locations?

Shelton , Waltham , Boston , Hopkinton , Valencia , New York , Cambridge , Collegeville , Pittsburgh , Chicago , Los Angeles , Austin , San Diego , Alameda , San Jose , Bridgeport , Greenville , Atlanta , Downers Grove , Houston , Seattle , Rensselaer , Hebron , Akron , Columbus , Santa Clarita , San Francisco , Santa Clara , Rockville , Raleigh

PerkinElmer reviews

2.8

30% would recommend to a friend

(1,176 total reviews)

Michael Stubblefield

47% approve of CEO

25% positive business outlook

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PerkinElmer has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,176 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The PerkinElmer employee rating is 20% below average for employers within the Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

Reviews by job title

1K reviews

5.0

Dec 9, 2022

Good

Quality manager/qms

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good culture and work life balance

Cons

Not applicable as of now

2.0

Dec 8, 2022

To many hours

Senior devops engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay and benefits except time off. Company has a Use it or lose it for Vacation. What they don't tell you is that you never get approval for time off. At the end of my first year I lost 3 vacation days, the only three I accumulated. The second year by November I had only two approved days off. In 15 months I had only two days of vacation time off.

Cons

If you want to be on call 14 hours a day every 3 weeks this is the job for you. With the amount of false positives in monitoring you need to always be near your laptop from 8am - 10pm 7 days a week. You also can not plan to take time off during those weeks you are on call. Which I stress again is every 3 weeks.

2.0

Dec 8, 2022

Good for a short time

Clinical lab technologist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good money for an entry-level

Cons

Poor Management and communication style

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