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      PerkinElmer

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      PerkinElmer reviews

      2.8

      31% would recommend to a friend

      (1,176 total reviews)
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      Michael Stubblefield

      48% approve of CEO

      26% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.0

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.0

      Work/Life balance

      2.7

      Culture & values

      2.6

      Compensation and benefits

      2.6

      Career opportunities

      2.2

      Senior management

      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).

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      1K reviews
      1.0
      May 1, 2015

      Absoutely horrible company

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The match on the 401k is nice.

      Cons

      This is an absolutely horrible company to work for - at least in the Informatics division. Division was cobbled together by acquisitions, and now they appear to be divesting themselves of at least two of those. No innovation, software is extremely dated. Senior management is clueless; clear racial biases in hiring (lots of Indians, some qualified, some not - hired by senior manager who is Indian). Constant reorgs, lack of strategic vision, just a complete mess. Company likes to pinch pennies as well. Health benefits are horrible for a company of this size and the stock purchase program isn't worth it. Constant turnover, most of the good people are gone.

      2.0
      Apr 25, 2015

      Good products and interesting company with very poor management

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Salary was fair and flex time allowed. In the 1980's, this company was awesome.

      Cons

      Where do I start? Health benefits are poor and get worse every year. Co. expects you to travel, work weekends and long days to meet unreasonable deadlines. Management, especially in IT lacks creativity and fears change. Count on a 3 % raise every year IF you are a good employee. They lay seemingly useful people off (too high salaried ?) and keep the lazy ones.

      1.0
      Aug 5, 2014

      I loved my job. The company is quite a different story.

      Sales
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Reasonable pay. Benefits were okay, but nothing exceptional. No training ever for anything. Everything, such as benefits was on-line. Never had a review. Never got a raise.

      Cons

      Paid $850+/month for health insurance for our family. Did PE pay anything toward the health benefits? Probably not. Zero R&D and zero marketing as well. Then, they pulled our quotas out of their butt, with no supporting historical data. Completely unreasonable expectations. Management was vastly overpaid. Quarterly RIF's were routine. If you do not live and work on the East Coast, then you simply do not count.

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