Q&A With Varian Medical Systems Employees
Great work, great people For over 70 years, we have created technology and systems that help fight cancer. We know our work reaches far beyond our doors, so we have nurtured an inspired, compassionate environment where everyone’s ideas are considered. When you’re working with great people, innovating freely and with conviction, you can make a tremendous impact.
How employees describe working at Varian Medical Systems
Great! I am very satisfied.
Great work life balance, benefits are pretty good. Bonus is pretty standard.
I like the availability of the leadership team.
Excellence in medical device design
More of it would make me feel better.
What it's like to work at Varian Medical Systems
- Varian Medical Systems employees generally work 9.0 hrs a day
- Employees at Varian Medical Systems report the work pace is comfortably fast
- On a typical day, employees at Varian Medical Systems have 4+ meetings
- 88% of Varian Medical Systems employees look forward to interacting with their team every day
- Varian Medical Systems employees most often take 15-20 paid vacation and sick days each year
- 80% of Varian Medical Systems employees report they are happy with their work life balance
- Varian Medical Systems employees never get valuable feedback on how to improve at work
- 79% of Varian Medical Systems employees call their work environment positive
Q&A With Varian Medical Systems Employees
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What is the best perk or benefit that Varian Medical Systems offers?
Someone answered "flexible time", it's not true. The person may have a nice manager who allows it.
Onsite gym. Flexible time.
What is the daily attire at Varian Medical Systems?
Business - Business Casual
What is Varian Medical Systems' policy towards pets in the workplace?
No pets
How does Varian Medical Systems handle HR issues?
Middle and upper Management is always right. There is no recourse for individual contributors.
How innovative is Varian Medical Systems?
It struggles with innovation and change due to its “old school” mentality and “that’s not how we do things here” management style.
What's the work from home policy like at Varian Medical Systems?
Policy is decided by individual managers and varies between groups. Their predominant view is flex hours and/or working from home is discouraged for individual contributors/salaried employees and a “perk” for middle management and above.
What is Varian's policy on legal Marijuana and drug testing?
What do employees at Varian Medical Systems think about their benefits?
Varian Medical Systems employees rate their overall benefits a B- and most of them think the perks are Bad. 70% of Varian Medical Systems employees say they are satisfied with their benefits. The majority of employees also get 15-20 days of paid vacation, and most of the employees believe the cash value of their benefits is $1000 -$1500/mo.
How's career growth and advancement at Varian Medical Systems?
40% of the same employees also feel like Varian Medical Systems is invested in their career growth. On average, majority of employees have a mentor to help them navigate their career at Varian Medical Systems.
How are the managers at Varian Medical Systems?
Varian Medical Systems employees rate their manager a B- or 69/100 and the majority believe their manager truly cares about them as a person. Most of the employees (80%) also doesn't feel comfortable providing negative feedback directly to their boss.
What's the pay like for employees at Varian Medical Systems?
Varian Medical Systems employees rates their pay and overall compensation a B- or 68/100. 60% of employees believe they are paid fairly and 40% of employees get raises every year.









