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Q&A With Waters Corporation Employees
At Waters you’ll find intelligent, passionate, team-focused, and results-oriented professionals who work in concert to perpetuate success. We strive to create a workplace culture that encourages and facilitates inclusion, participation, respect, and rewards high performers. We approach each day with a passion for uncovering innovative solutions, understanding that doing so results in meaningful impact for ourselves, our colleagues , our shareholders, and our customers.
How employees describe working at Waters Corporation
No room for growth. A career suicide for youngsters
Morale has been down for quite a while - driving Office workers back in to work Remote three Days has upset many Moving IT type Jobs from America to India American IT EEs asked to train the employees in India - probably so to replace their own jobs in the US.
I do not have issues with my coworkers. It is the manipulative executive team that makes us all feel bad
Bad company - the HR has retiree medical plan for its employees, but never tell the restrictions and bad aspects of using the plan. No integrity to its employees.
Having a viice at the table.
What it's like to work at Waters Corporation
- Waters Corporation employees generally work 9.4 hrs a day
- Employees at Waters Corporation report the work pace is extremely fast
- 49% of Waters Corporation employees look forward to interacting with their team every day
- Waters Corporation employees most often take 10-15 paid vacation and sick days each year
- 33% of Waters Corporation employees report they are happy with their work life balance
- Waters Corporation employees typically get valuable feedback on how to improve at work Every Week
- 61% of Waters Corporation employees call their work environment negative
Q&A With Waters Corporation Employees
IDX: 0 TOT: 33
How many women are in your team? is it diverse enough?
Top Employee Response
We have no women on our team and it is absolutely not diverse enough
in my team we are only 2 women from 7 people. It is not diverse enough.
I'm aware of only a very limited number of female engineers. There are no women in prominent leadership positions within the technical community.
In your opinion, what are the most common interview questions that Waters Corporation asks?
Technical questions on how exactly you might go about solving a specific problem. Questions about your strengths and weaknesses.
Behavior questions are more and more used in interview these days. How do you handle a difficult situation in your past work experience.
Does Waters Corporation drug test or do a background check?
Top Employee Response
Yes, both
Yes
How much diversity is there among employees at Waters Corporation?
Not enough, but yes increasing
Some teams have diversity, but it's not typical. Good female representation in areas outside of R&D.
What kind of people does Waters Corporation like to hire?
Intelligent people with a serious professional attitude. They also highly value courtesy and respect and treating others well. Often they hire for "fit" and aren't afraid to say so.
How flexible is your work schedule at Waters Corporation?
I can get flex hours on an occasional basis as long as I let my manager know ahead of time.
How helpful was your Engineering team when you were first hired at Waters Corporation?
Very helpful. Everyone is very open to share knowledge and experiences.
How does Waters Corporation handle HR issues?
Very typical large company. Very hard to fire employees.
How does Waters Corporation measure success and growth in the Engineering department?
Project and product released on time. Recently there are more focus on innovation and recognition of innovation in everyday work.
Why work for Waters Corporation?
It's a stable company with minimum layoff. Lot's of knowledge has been shared through work and work environment are generally very layback.
What's the work from home policy like at Waters Corporation?
It was case-by-case depend on managers and department policy. Recently the Corporation start a new program formalize the policy so that it will be allowed formally but still restricted by type of work.
How long do the interviews usually take at Waters Corporation?
Depends on the role
How would you describe your overall experience interviewing at Waters Corporation?
Great and very much to the point
How do I do well in an interview at Waters Corporation?
Just have the right attitude and be very clear and concise in communication
What's the pay like for Marketing roles at Waters Corporation?
On par with the industry
What's the vibe like in the Marketing dept at Waters Corporation? How many hours are you working?
Cube is great and we work around 8 hours a day
What's the Marketing team like at Waters Corporation?
Active but conservative
How's the leadership on the Marketing team at Waters Corporation?
It is good and changing soon
What's the Engineering team like at Waters Corporation?
Good people, young engineers do not last long before moving elsewhere.
How's the leadership on the Engineering team at Waters Corporation?
Antiquated views on advancement, product development and lack business savvy or models relevant in the last 20 years.
How's the leadership on the Business Development team at Waters Corporation?
Depends on the department. Some are better than others. Some have old mindsets
How does Waters Corporation make decisions around promotions?
It used to be based on favoritism and mostly men got promoted beyond senior director level. But now there seems to be a change. And actual performance is being taken into account.
How's the vacation policy at Waters Corporation?
Not great. 10 days at start. 15 days at 5 years. 20 days at 10 years. Plus 2 foating holidays per year
What do your coworkers need to improve and how could you work together better at Waters Corporation?
Top Employee Response
Proper prioritization of products estimation of work risk assessments realistic project deadlines
What's going wrong and how can it be improved at Waters Corporation?
Top Employee Response
projects start of with the best intentions but quickly deteriorate at the end and weekend work becomes required. CIDP work flow is not proj
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Should I work at Waters Corporation?
17% of Waters Corporation employees would encourage their friends to become coworkers, whereas 16% are neutral and 67% would not recommend working at Waters Corporation to their friends.
| 17% | Promoters |
|---|---|
| 16% | Passive |
| 67% | Detractors |
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