Varian Medical Systems Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Varian Medical Systems full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – great company, good pay, meaningful work, lots to learn, room to grow, stay busy

Cons – continuous pressure to increase production

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

Current Employee – been working at Varian Medical Systems full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – The benefits are good. The quality bonus is nice.

Cons – It's like high schools. And things never change except the look of the building.

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

Current Employee – been working at Varian Medical Systems full-time for more than a year

Pros – Let's start off by saying I love this employer. The pay is well above industry average, healthcare and bonuses are significantly better than the rest of the industry, the training programs for new employees are excellent and well thought out and quite extensive. The vast majority of people working here are smart, hard working people who want to succeed and they want to help others succeed as well. Numerous advancement opportunities and lateral transfer opportunities Great corporate culture and no layoffs. I thoroughly enjoy working here.

Cons – The only con is that if you think you will only work 40 hours in a week this job isn't for you. Weekly average is more like 50 hours due to the complexity of the equipment you work on and time it takes to perform maintenance and repairs on such a complex machine.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep doing what has made Varian successful, treat your employees well, train them well and allow them to treat the customers well and you will continue to succeed.

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

Former Employee – worked at Varian Medical Systems full-time

Pros – Varian designs and manufacturers products that actually do save lives. It provides an excellent environment for scientists and engineers work on state-of-the-art research and development.
It also has the advantage of selling products (hardware and software) in an reasonably stable industrial segment.

Cons – R&D is distributed all over the world, which makes difficult to develop products efficiently.
As in all public corporations, too much attention is paid to quarterly results vis a vis long-term investments and growth.

Advice to Senior Management – It is possible to manage the company responsibly but at the same time to be a little bolder and riskier in increasing the rate of R&D investment as a percentage of sales, while at the same time carefully assessing the R&D productivity.

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

Current Employee – been working at Varian Medical Systems full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Good Products, employees are nice

Cons – Compensation not compatible, Bureaucracy, Management treats employee as like mechanical parts ... but not human being

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Varian Medical Systems full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Company Vehicle, lot's of overtime, good group of people.

Cons – Hectic hours, work alot of late nights and some weekends. Management seems to not be very in tune with the field which is frustrating.

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

Current Employee – been working at Varian Medical Systems

Pros – It's a very stable company, only one layoff so far. The people here are really nice.

Cons – Pretty much no upward mobility, not a very dynamic environment. Compensation is average to low.

Current Employee – been working at Varian Medical Systems full-time for more than a year

Pros – Your work will contribute to saving lives.
You'll be working for a market leader.
In Engineering, there are lots of talented individuals.

Cons – Varian is fairly cheap on Employee perks.
You have to deal with FDA driven processes for medical devices (goes with the industry)

Advice to Senior Management – Probably need to do a bit better on portfolio management. We can't focus on it all... need to drop some programs.

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

Former Employee – worked at Varian Medical Systems full-time for less than a year

Pros – Most of the people are pretty nice and easy to work with. Culture is fairly laid back. As an intern, I had a good amount of freedom to do things that interested me.

Cons – This company needs a lesson on efficiency. Perhaps I'm just new to the workforce and don't understand, but it just seemed like none of the divisions worked well together.

Current Employee – been working at Varian Medical Systems full-time for more than a year

Pros – Job security,steady income,amazing life/work balance..

Cons – No career growth based on individual performance, need to stay atleast 5-6 yrs to even grow next level

Advice to Senior Management – no proper bonus plan

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