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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
Aug 16, 2013

Terrible place to work

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The type of work they do is interesting

Cons

Unprofessional management who will throw you under the bus without a thought. The turnover rate is insane and when they have it out for you, it does not matter how well you perform. The owner fails to see what his managers are capable of and seems to believe the BS he is fed. If you are family or a friend of the owner or certain managers you can get away with just about anything while other employees are treated unfairly.

1.0
Apr 20, 2017

Don't Waste Your Time or Effort

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Very young company an ok stepping store if you just graduated college

Cons

management has no respect for there workers. They will fire you on a whim with no logical reasoning. Will expect all deadlines met but will complain when you have overtime (most employees are hourly )

1.0
Mar 2, 2022

Toxic and inexperienced leadership

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The 401k match is actually great. Building is nice.

Cons

Easily one of the most toxic places I have ever worked at. Regularly had my boss scream at me and others. This was common place in other departments too. The culture is to bully people until you get what. That starts from the top with Doug, and trickles down to his managers, all of whom have known each other for 20 years, go camping together, etc. No one in the leadership tree has actually managed people prior to Canfield, and most have not even worked elsewhere period, and it shows. Even with HR, it's obvious when you get a non-negotiable offer which is INSANE and your first red flag. The entire company is run on a skeleton crew, and you have a shoe string budget for any tools you need to get your job done, which only heightens the tensions. You will not get approval for basic stuff you need, like a good laptop and cheap software that would help make your life easier. But leadership will okay in-house developers spending years to update your team's critical software with an update that doesn't work. And leadership will also pay to send you to a client site cross country for 2 hours, and then expect you to red eye home and come into the office. On top of this all, the pay is substantially lower than competitors. There is a reason why the clinical team is a revolving door of talent and most people leave after a year.

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