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Updated May 15, 2013
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3.6 333 reviews

                             

68% Approve of the CEO

Agilent Technologies CEO and Director Bill Sullivan

Bill Sullivan

(230 ratings)

76% of employees recommend this company to a friend
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Santa Clara, CA

Former Employee – worked at Agilent Technologies full-time for more than a year

ProsAgilent Technologies is a large company that offers a lot of benefits to its employees including stock options, great healthcare package, and bonuses.

ConsA lot of processes at Agilent are not efficient and need to be improved but the existing infrastructure makes it difficult for change to be propagated. Also the fact that it's split into 2 divisions creates unique challenges from a reporting perspective.

Advice to Senior ManagementTake time to get to know your employees.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

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Wilmington, DE

Current Employee – been working at Agilent Technologies full-time for more than 10 years

ProsGood culture compared to other companies in the area

ConsPolitical. Not many opportunities for advancement.

Advice to Senior ManagementThe employee survey is meaningless

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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Current Employee – been working at Agilent Technologies full-time for more than 7 years

ProsAgilent has the best work-life balance culture.

ConsI can not think of any downside.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Santa Rosa, CA

Current Employee – been working at Agilent Technologies full-time for more than a year

ProsGreat people & great work environment!
Stimulating and challenging projects.
Good work-life balance

ConsI'm not sure I see upward mobility here (lots of mid level managers and they are all young).
Also, it is difficult to become a top performer unless you are working on the hottest, high impact projects; other projects receive little attention.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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Santa Rosa, CA

Former Employee – worked at Agilent Technologies full-time for more than 10 years

ProsSlow pace, you can relax a lot if you're a software engineer.
You can have great work & life balance.

ConsSo many people are older than you.
Do not be ambitious. It will not fit the culture.
If you stay there for too long time, you cannot move to any other good places.

Advice to Senior ManagementThere so many good talents wasted here.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

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Santa Clara, CA

Current Employee – been working at Agilent Technologies full-time for more than 10 years

ProsAgilent has incredibly smart people, with high integrity. The company usually demands accountability and lets most employees with autonomy. Lots of ways to contribute and innovate.

ConsEach department has it's own culture and practices are not always consistent. I've had 10 different senior managers since I started and each one had their own priorities for ruling their empire.

Advice to Senior ManagementStand up for your strong employees and hold the weak employees accountable for their bad behavior. Sometimes bad behavior is overlooked in order to keep the peace.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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Santa Rosa, CA

Current Employee – been working at Agilent Technologies full-time

ProsHands on testing and research, engaging work, highly skilled employees, good work culture, flexible work schedules, decent benefits, and bonuses twice per year (if the company does well enough).

ConsSome project schedules can be very demanding and difficult to meet. Working cross-culturally with manufacturers and employees abroad has its difficulties.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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Santa Clarita, CA

Former Employee – worked at Agilent Technologies as an intern for less than a year

ProsThe wide varieties of Agilent products/solutions is fascinating. Not afraid to spend moneys. Good locations. Salary. Benefits. Work/life balance.

ConsAgilent has a much older workforce from the HP days, however recently there has been many young new hires. Sometimes difficult to stay current due to its size.

Advice to Senior ManagementNone

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Santa Clara, CA

Current Employee – been working at Agilent Technologies full-time for more than 7 years

ProsMBWA, work/life balance, fun atmosphere, great benefits

ConsSometimes, Agilent needs to push a little further out into unknown territory when it comes to business processes and policies

Advice to Senior ManagementKeep doing what you are doing! I think it works!

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Santa Rosa, CA

Former Employee – worked at Agilent Technologies as an intern for less than a year

ProsOne of the best internships around. Everybody was good hearted and treated the interns as part of the team. They invested a lot of time and money in us. I was matched up with fabulous managers/mentors that made efforts to reach out. Overall, a topnotch company.

ConsTech companies have high volatility which can be dangerous during economic cycles

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