Oxford Instruments reviews

3.4

55% would recommend to a friend

(221 total reviews)
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Richard Tyson

62% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

Oxford Instruments has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 221 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Oxford Instruments employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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221 reviews
1.0
Jun 8, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Peers are hardworking honest people who look out for the company far too often.

Cons

Management rules with an iron fist and does not delegate authority to anyone. Expects instant results with many narrow minded decisions made by people far away from the customers. These decisions has resulted in frequent redundancies lay-off, bad company acquisitions and finally sale of many business arms.

1.0
Oct 6, 2016

Poor leadership, Asylum Research

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Team of capable, smart, honest, hard-working professionals Interesting, trans disciplinary technology Opportunities to interact with leading industrial and academic groups around the globe

Cons

Principals do not understand the value of others, hire valuable experience they will not listen to, do not find value on hiring and using effectively business talents outside their skill set -many blind spots there Company and team opportunities are fumbled by not planning and placing resources based on data and facts Cult mindset product development on obscure unproven new techniques that hurts marketing and sales teams, stop marketing penetration Decisions fall in the hands of very few with no rational or due process / group analysis. On acquisition employees got admonished not to communicate with OI which limited visibility of areas for improvement No career development, chip-on-shoulder attitude by principal -no leadership skills: take full credit for team wins, blame full failure on others Below industry compensation Emergence of important number of competitors and dominance by market leader with savvier business teams

1.0
Jul 30, 2016

Revolving Door

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Every now and then, they have "free fruit Tuesday" for a whole month! A definite "perk".

Cons

You are not an individual there. You are a tool for management. Upper management benefits from the hard work of the'production staff. They get the raises and big bonuses and the rest get nothing. There is a definite disconnect with the needs and wants of the workers and a narsassitic attitude of the upper management

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