Don't work here - Validation Engineer MilliporeSigma Employee Review

1.0
29 Mar 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Not many pros other than its a good place to get your foot in the door for some experience (rather bad experience) but I would not plan on staying long. 401k match is 6%.

Cons

I would avoid the Cherokee site in St. Louis. The quality and employee management systems here are terrible. They do not train employees because the turnover rate is high so you will be thrown in the fire and have to figure everything out on your own. The consequence of this is everything is never done right and always creates a lot of problems. The culture here is very unprofessional and high schoolish. People are clique and competitive and don't work as a team. People will throw someone under the bus to get promoted or to look good. Management does not care about employees they pick a few favorites and give them all the career development. One of the managers there would go around and bully people and be utterly disrespectful and run people down. Because they treat employees badly nobody cares about the company or doing things right here and it is just a never ending cycle. Human resources is also very unprofessional here and if you have a problem they don't care about it regardless of what it is. Go work somewhere else.

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5.0
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Pros

Great place to work at and loved the environment

Cons

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MilliporeSigma Response
4d
It is great to hear that your first experience at our company has been so positive and that the environment has stood out to you. As you continue to settle in, we encourage you to use regular check-ins with your manager and the MyGrowth framework to shape your development and explore learning opportunities early on. Thank you for being part of the team, and for taking the time to share your feedback!
2.0
30 May 2026
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Pros

Great benefits, there’s flexibility when you need it, and the’s a significant amount of PTO. There is a lot of growth and development opportunities, as in learning new skills or strengthening skills.

Cons

There is a lot of restructuring happening, which often results in teams having to do the work of many without being compensated appropriately. This results in longer days, burn out, and feeling undervalued. There is a lot of encouragement for growth, but the actual growth/promotion part doesn’t seem to happen from leadership side. There is a lot of room for process improvements but too many teams work in silos and don’t want to work together so processes don’t get improved.

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MilliporeSigma Response
4d
Thank you for sharing your experience, and for your continued commitment to MilliporeSigma over more than three years. We are glad that the benefits, flexibility, PTO, and learning opportunities have been meaningful to you. We are sorry that recent changes have affected your day-to-day experience. As a company with a long-term perspective and a strong sense of responsibility towards our people, organizational changes are never taken lightly. We are mindful that the impact on workload and team dynamics can feel significant at an individual level, and we understand that the experience on the ground does not always reflect the full picture of what those decisions are intended to achieve. Your points about career development follow-through and cross-team collaboration are noted, and we continue to work on improving how we support employees through change, how we deliver on development commitments, and how we enable better ways of working across teams. As a current employee, we would encourage you to share your experience through our Employee Engagement Survey, as your input directly helps shape the priorities we focus on.
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