Bio-Rad Laboratories Reviews

Pros

Great environment to grow and spread your wings

Cons

There are no cons so far

Pros

Good company, lots of opportunities for fresh graduates, fun events

Cons

Politics, working in silos, no accountability

Pros

Interesting work, capable management, and friendly co-workers.

Cons

I thought some management decision seemed to be taken impulsively -- but it's hard to second guess, because I didn't see the full picture, either.

Pros

- Good opportunities to make big impact on business with coming projects that have had recent funding - Genuinely nice and collaborative co-workers and business partners - Plenty of business and IT initiatives to keep many people gainfully employees for years - Work-life balance is achievable and encouraged by management - Fairly recent management changes (positive) Newer CIO with clear direction

Cons

- Older facilities and somewhat run down, they need better cleaning crews etc - No good documentation for many routine day-to-day business processes - New hire documentation in the IT area could use some help - Process documentation could improve -Some folks that have been here for 20+ years seem to be on autopilot

Advice to Management

Keep making the changes you are making to the business and big picture. Invest in some small changes (better more regular cleaning) to improve the office environment for those in those older buildings (IT). This could help moral even a bit. A 401k matching would be great. . . for a company this size. I would like to opt out of the Stock plan and get a % match on my 401k.

Pros

Fantastic department, team, and immediate supervisors. If you want to work alongside people who are brilliant and at the same time nice, this is the place to be.

Cons

Upper management fails to acknowledge and appreciate the talent Bio-Rad has. Salaries are low, benefits iffy, and we don’t feel the care about your opinions. Processes are many, but often broken. The result is high turnover, despite many old timers still at the company. Newer folks don’t tend to stick around for very long.

Advice to Management

Revise the pay scale, holiday schedule and benefits. Listen to the employees.

Pros

Good team of people to work with.

Cons

Management Strategy and insight has been on the downtrend over the past few years.

Pros

Learning, growth, stability, culture. Nothing is perfect, but those of us who have been around the block a few times really appreciate the value of having long-term career potential with a stable and continuously growing life sciences company. 60+ years and we're still keeping ourselves relevant, constantly shaping our products to give the customers exactly what they want.

Cons

Not really cons, but those who are most successful at Bio-Rad are those willing to be flexible, malleable, accept accountability and share success. Those looking to grandstand and need a pat on the back at every turn might need to reevaluate those priorities.

Advice to Management

Far be it from me to give advice; they've got MBAs and PhDs running this place. I would say continue keeping the company current and relevant, keeping Bio-Rad products top of mind in the research industry and staying the course with calculated risk and conservative growth.

Pros

Great campus in an awesome location, in the trenches you will find people who really, really care about the customers and the products

Cons

Too much politics, favoritism and finger-pointing, not enough collaboration and data-driven decisions, little to no professional development

Advice to Management

When a vision/goal is set for the company, make sure that somewhere in the organization, someone has a plan on how to get us there.