laboratory technician

technologist

laboratory assistant

research specialist

systems administrator

PerkinElmer

A typical day at work would entail getting ready for the morning  reviews in the shop where each product line was being produced. We would work out together how to catch up if behind the daily production rate. In several cases it would be lack of material, rejects, matters outside of the production team. that is why all functional team members attended so they knew what their priorities were to help the production line catch up to it's daily output.

Every shop area would have a daily visit, often with upper management in attendance, to get to the root cause of being behind.

If the production line was ahead of schedule and it made since, cross-functional employees would be shifted to a line that was behind.

Once a week we would have Program Management Reviews with upper management showing stoplight charts on status of the program. These areas would include on-time delivery, areas requiring improvement, risks and mitigation plans.  EVMP's would be reviewed and analyzed.

The most enjoyable part of the job would be Contract Negotiation, Cost Analyst. I was a firm believer in doing my homework on cost issues that typically won at he negotiation table.

The hardest part of the job was to break out each and every drawing to identify whether it was considered under the EAR or ITAR regulations. The job was cumbersome although worth it order to classify and record which items were covered under the CCL, dual use or ITAR,

Informatics Services is run like a consulting company (Like Deloitte or Accenture). So, it's all about billing hours and your work hours are heavily scrutinized (Timesheets are very excruciating and mandatory in my group). Since it is like a consulting shop, there is no concept of collaboration among employees and it's all about how fast a new employee is billable. There is huge variability in the amount of work from one week to the next and depends on how many projects you have, which depends on your skill/experience level in PKI Informatics products. You could be working on international projects and this leads to odd working hours sometimes. 
It's good if you have lots of the right kind of IT and/or scientific skills beforehand. The company culture is outdated and it's all work and no fun. Also, most of your team members are in different geographical locations and this leads to no face-to-face interaction or camaraderie.
It's not a company for new graduates or younger generation folks who are used to a hip, fun, collaborative culture.

As a contractor, I thought I would be there for 18 months, hired for a project to reduce customer order fulfillment from 18 to 2 days, for all the different areas of the P&E business, with one of the main areas being global distribution planning, US, EU, Asia, for the VERY short time, I was there (3 months), I thought we had made good progress in terms of material availability, and on time time delivery, at least that is what my manager told the team, I was working with. He gave me very little training, if any, and was always behind in his responsibilities as a manager, and I performed well, at least that what I was told. I had access to work from home, which he did not like.There were two situations, one weather conditions in CT, and I was not feeling well one of those days. I worked from home and told him after the fact and completed all necessary work on those days. I showed up at the job the following week, next thing I know my employment ended, without any previous discussion or understanding of what the problem was. I still do not understand what happened.... I was told by my agency it was "lack of work".

My time here was very short-lived since they hired me through a contract. I was supposed to be temp to hire and there was so much talk about how they needed people so my chances of being hired on were very high,  I was only there for about three months before I got laid off with no notice at all.  I left work and then got a call a few minutes later.  I actually really enjoyed the job that I was doing with them and would still be working there.  I was told that it was due to budget cuts from the customer that we were working with and that there were no other opportunities in my area for me to get hired on directly through PKI.  Very unfortunate because I was left stuck, but what could I do being under contract with them. I enjoyed the relaxed environment and the fact that we weren't micromanaged.  If they had permanent positions available I would work for them again.  I'm not sure about growth opportunities.  From what I saw and heard you kind of have to push and take your own initiative if you want to find other job opportunities within the company.

Company was sold in 2023 to New Mountain Capital and has been continuously declining. Many employees have been let go, customer contracts are not being renewed, benefits have been decreasing with rates going up sharply, positions are being removed, support is going overseas, internal support has been greatly reduced in so many areas, management does not communicate intentions or updates employees on actual direction of the company, and customers  have been complaining about the lack of support from PerkinElmer management and that their issues are no longer being addressed adequately or to an acceptable level of satisfaction. I and many employees have not had a raise since the company was sold.



Used SAP to monitor and input all collections and credit transactions
Reviewed aging reports, reconcile clients account, and prepare customer refunds.
Researched, reconciled and collected past due balances on customer accounts, processed credit memos and adjustments, worked closely with customer service and salesmen to resolve pricing issues and researched product shipments for delivery confirmations.
Analyzed the financial statements and payment behaviors of customers and advised on payment structure
Analysis of partner data files, credit analysis, and collections analysis
Full responsibility and accountability for the accuracy, timeliness, generation and delivery of financial analysis and reporting relating to Billing and Credit
Worked with sales reps and field locations to resolve credit hold domestically and internationally
Evaluated and granted credit to companies based on account history, payment history and financial standing.

Very high attrition, event the heads of HR could not take it... they went through 3 heads of HR in the past year, VP of sales left last June, VP of product development in October, VP R&D in December, another 20-30 people at various levels. The informatics leadership got rid of all the Asians from the management last year. Many inappropriate comments. Place is like the Russian aristocracy... Czarina and Rasputin... nasty swatzy politics...and Check out the linkedin profiles of management...Qualifications of top management: zero years technical experience (software or analytics), zero years domain (life science) experience and would have expected at least management training, none of them have it. 
Most of the managers have no science or technical backgrounds so you will be stuck reporting to folks who have no clue and treat you poorly.

Where do I even begin... they are stuck in the 1930s and its showing.
I always thought of PE as a wonderful company to work for but boy was I wrong. I was hired to do Lab Support and instead you make me sit at a desk 8 hours a day and write documentation. This is not what I as hired to do nor does it match the pay. 
PE Managers are nowhere to be found when you need to adress things they do not check in with you etc. They seem to be stuck in the stone age creating their own processes to track things when in reality its 2020 and lots of tools and create software right are at your fingertips to make things simple.
I also noticed they hire non qualified candiates to work in the lab, that have no idea about instruments and computers and could cost the client millions for screw ups. Way to go PE - you set yourself up for failure. 
Hope these customers wake up and go with another vendor that actually knows what they are doing.

I had a good run at PerkinElmer. The cultures between the divisions are widely divergent, but the Bio-discovery/Life Sciences & Technology division had an entrepeneurial, almost-startup kind of culture. Note: the corporate-supported employee band.

However, there was enormous revenue pressure every quarter, which lead to enormous earnings pressure. This, coupled with only a cursory understanding of certain core business elements, lead to organizational instability, with radical org changes on an irregular, though rapid basis. It's a shame that a great company, which stood by many of its employees during the worst of the Great Recession, was to lose sight of the importance of talent retention when things started turning around.

I'm usually the first one to arrive in our group.  Prior to my arrival I do a quick assessment of things I need to do when I get there.  This may include setting up the laboratory for upcoming experiments, printing/e-mailing any applicable materials to co-workers and customers, and/or analyzing previous data I've obtained through research projects.  I've been with the company for 5 years and have had the same manager since day 1.  I have a lot of respect for him because he is more of a mentor than boss to me.  He has an open door policy that allows me to visit with him and talk about anything (work, life, etc.).  The hardest part of the job is trying to fit everything in an 8 hour work day.  Because of my many responsibilities it can be difficult at times to manage the deliverables I'm asked to complete.  The most enjoyable part of the job is my ability to work on several projects that may or may not be related to one another.

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