PerkinElmer reviews

2.8

31% would recommend to a friend

(1,175 total reviews)
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Michael Stubblefield

48% approve of CEO

26% positive business outlook

PerkinElmer has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,175 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).

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1.0
Dec 14, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

It used to have a proud history of making great products

Cons

Not anymore. Management is a huge problem. Everyone is a "leader". The environment is super political with all its associated back biting and dirty tricks. Management is interested only in making sure they are looked at favorably by their managers. They are not interested in building good product, like the PE of old. They do not listen nor care about their people. In one meeting, where they explained a lay off it was said that "we have good news and bad news: the bad news is that we had to lay four people off but the good news is that we were able to hire six people in Singapore". People are sandbagged, blamed for problems that are caused by management's incompetence.

4.0
Aug 22, 2010

Great company

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Company has a great reputation, great upper management, and good benefits. The company is also very flexible when working remotely.

Cons

PerkinElmer tends to be a slower moving organization. There are too many processes and levels which make it difficult to move projects quickly and efficiently.

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