Waters reviews

3.2

54% would recommend to a friend

(1,266 total reviews)
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Udit Batra

46% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

Waters has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 1,266 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Waters employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

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1K reviews
2.0
Oct 28, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

You get to work with wonderful scientists and engineers every day who are passionate about making it right for our customers

Cons

- Salary is record low comparing with direct competitors - Almost every week, someone you know leaves for a better job (pay) - HR wants to talk but does not want to listen. They regularly run surveys but none of our inputs are even considered. Employee retention is poor in the last few years and HR doesn't do much to keep experienced employees. - The Science of What's Possible doesn't mean you are treated well as an engineer. - Extremely white men culture. Absolutely low in diversity and inclusion. Org chart is very white. Diversity and Inclusion program is very spotty and is participated by only small fraction of the employees.

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Waters Response
3y
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We appreciate your candid feedback and your contributions during your time at Waters. We agree that our workforce is made up of some great scientists and engineers who are passionate about their work and want to deliver for our customers. Taking good care of our employees is a huge priority for us and we strive to have a working environment where everyone feels valued, trusted, and respected. As an organization, we are making very deliberate and significant strides toward becoming a more inclusive and diverse workforce. Our employees are always welcome to bring feedback on this to managers or their HR business partners.
2.0
Nov 20, 2021

Stay away from Golden branch

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Pros

Golden is beautiful but the company is a joke.

Cons

They don’t care about lower level employees which are just a rotating door. They will hire you for your dream job but actually an old man has been doing that job for 30 years and they want you to fully train for that job they should pay you 5 times more for but instead call you a Chem tech and pay you bottom dollar. Also expect 90% of your time to be filling in for shipping and receiving or labeling bottles or helping out with the scut work because remember they just want you to be trained to fill in for old guys holiday breaks which are ample like 3+ months. But if you call in a couple times during the year they’ll admonish you because that’s bad policy even if you are never late on work, I was always so far ahead at my work I was almost only helping other groups out and they still tried to mess with me for calling out sick. While my supervisor took off every Wednesday to have with her kids, funnily she always had a fresh manicure on Thursday. This place is a joke for the new people and they just use and abuse you so the upper levels can have their cake and eat it to. They will never raise you up to the things you want to learn or the money you deserve to earn or the respect you deserve as a human. Also the higher ups order in lunch at least once a week for their admittedly pointless and repetitive meetings and will offer you the scraps so that’s a benefit I guess. Could probably raise a few wages with that budget but god forbid they miss out on their weekly burrito bar. Most people here wouldn’t pass chem 101 if sent back to class tomorrow so if you want to increase you chemical acumen search elsewhere.

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Waters Response
4y
We are so sorry to hear that you did not have a positive experience at Waters. We value all employees and it is our priority to ensure that everyone feels valued and respected for their contributions in each of our Global locations. We value diversity of thought, tenure and experience across Waters. If there is anything specific you’d like to discuss, please feel free to reach out to us at recruiting@waters.com. - Wendy G.
3.0
Jul 8, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Stable company during volatile economy. The company runs very lean and only hires when they know they can retain. Layoffs are few and can be contributed to conservative spending during hard economic times instead of reduction of employment.

Cons

Pay is below standard, benefits used to be excellent and a huge benefit to working there but have become inferior over the years, dysfunctional HR department, upper management are still stuck in the business tactics and strategies of old. Very much a good ol' boys club.

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