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3.1

55% would recommend to a friend

(74 total reviews)

Doug Canfield

65% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

canfield scientific has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 74 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The canfield scientific 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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74 reviews
1.0
Feb 19, 2011

Very unprofessional

Anonymous employee
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Pros

-The work was interesting. -SOME of the people were friendly and helpful. -Vacation Days. -Benefits -Not a terrible commute -Nice office

Cons

-Management makes big decisions based on emotion. -People are terminated without warning. -Management is not qualified to actually "manage" people. -The structure is lacking. Job titles get thrown around. -No human resources. The person in the hr roll has no hr experience.

2.0
May 30, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

The people you work with are good people and are like your second family.

Cons

Favoritism shown towards certain employees. Always felt like your hard work and care for your job never mattered if you aren't one of the favorite employees. Different rules for certain employees. Never shown respect. A great company, but things need to change quick before more great hard working employees that care about their job and the company leave.

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canfield scientific Response
10y
Thank you for sharing these remarks, and, even though they are disappointing, they are important to us. It is not clear from your review what type of favoritism you perceived, but any perception of it may validate the need for management training. Frankly, we have not offered formal management training in the past, however it has become clear to us that more training will benefit all of our employees. We are currently exploring what tools we can provide management. Regarding your comment on putting away the phones in meetings, often managers are required to stay connected because of important customer situations. And sometimes managers must monitor their phones even during meetings. Even so, we will be making sure to refresh everyone’s minds about the importance of meeting room etiquette. Thank you again for your feedback, as improvement is always something we are interested in, not only for our customers and products, but our employee experience as well.
1.0
Nov 17, 2011
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Pros

The studies and photographic endpoint data itself is interesting.

Cons

Too few quality employees running this company despite the seemingly good natured owner who unfortunately is too disconnected to see the major pitfalls in his management, or lack thereof. Very poor and inexperienced HR manager and hiring process which results in many management positions being filled by clueless people without proper professional and managerial experience. Decisions by upper/lower management seem to be made on emotion and PMS. Upper management relies on the hearsay of lower management for much of the decision making without any further investigation. Management is very catty and gossipy about other employees as well as clients. Very unprofessional and unethical. Unclear direction and little to no assistance from inaccessible management. Zero feedback provided from management staff regarding performance. The management will make you promises that they will not keep. Most employees seem to have worked for the company for a very short time which should automatically raise eyebrows. People are terminated without warming very frequently. VERY high turnover--such that superstitions are rumored in the office regarding your likelihood of being let go according to your position in the holiday photo--why would rumors like this exist if employees didn't have to find humor in their complete uncertainty and distrust in their management? If you value your integrity and take pride in your work steer clear of this company and find work elsewhere. S T E E R very C L E A R ! ! !

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