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Great people, terrible upper management. - Lab Tech Firmenich Employee Review

2.0
Mar 19, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Handful of great and talented people. There is also so much to learn from the people.

Cons

Growth is non-existent in this company. If you don’t kiss up to upper management, you won’t get a promotion/raise. Way too much politics within the company. Nepotism is a huge issue. Internal positions open up just for them to hire someone they already had in mind, which doesn’t give other employees a fair chance. Higher-ups are too far up in the ladder that they don’t know what goes on below them. Way overworked and underpaid.

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Firmenich Response
5y
Thank you for your review on Glassdoor. We appreciate your constructive feedback and encourage you to share your comments directly with our local HR partner. We wish you success in your current role.

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5.0
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Pros

Good place to work yes

Cons

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Firmenich Response
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Thanks for sharing your review! It is nice to hear about your positive experience.
3.0
Mar 12, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Range of creative, scientific, business, supply chain and support jobs. Global experience and mobility opportunities (at mid to high level positions). Good health benefits compared to many other companies. Company is strong financially and growing financially (but opportunities are being filled by outside talent, not internally)

Cons

Pervasive clique-oriented culture and sink-or-swim for those not in a protected group, both which play key roles in advancement opportunities. Perception and network matters more than individual results. Inequitable distribution of heads to sites in dire need. Poor HR environment for quality employee support, growth, and development. Burnout becoming very pervasive, with company asking for more-and-more. IS systems are cumbersome and poorly designed...creative more inefficiency instead of solving efficiency issues.

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