Poorly managed site but great people - Reliability Engineer Pfizer Employee Review

2.0
May 19, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Some really nice and helpful colleagues - Average remuneration

Cons

- Too much red tape - Poor communication between departments - Poor onboarding process - Expected to work ridiculous hours - Too much onus on engineering to fix everyone's problems (e.g. Production requested for a vacuum cleaner to assembled by the reliability engineer or fitter) - No sequential approach to a problem, constant firefighting (would rather rush to meet deadline than get the job done correctly) - Training modules to be completed are beyond ludicrous (I was assigned 158 modules, the day that I started). No time allocation for the completion of training, I spent many Sunday afternoons completing them.

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5.0
May 20, 2026
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Pros

Very good work culture and very easy going.

Cons

Not enough work to do as an intern/co-op

1.0
May 28, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Excellent pay and benefits, culture on-site was great before the two rounds of layoffs in 2023.

Cons

No HR oversight on-site, and HR is difficult to reach when needed. Two significant layoff rounds in a single calendar year were poor for morale. Some inexperienced managers demonstrated extremely unprofessional behavior, bordering on abuse, and should not have been in their roles. Culture of cronyism and incompetence among some of the employees who have worked there for decades was revealed following layoffs of >50% of the site. Toxic work environment with poor work-life balance for the final 8-9 months before the site was shut down.

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