Mixed Bag - Chemist Aculon Employee Review

3.0
Aug 26, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Technology is interesting and unique CEO is a fair boss, challenges employees and expects results. Willing to listen and adjust strategy VP of technology is one of the more inventive people I've worked with.

Cons

President and Founder was a nightmare coworker/manager. Individual assumed if he imagined something, his theory could be micromanaged into reality, all failures. Lacked an understanding of how to structure a controlled experiment and believed that statistically insignificant measurement differences were meaningful and actionable. Lacked an understanding of how to take useful measurements. Unwilling to invest in infrastructure to quantify processes. Consistently tried to find shortcuts to running controlled experiments. If you are going to work with this person, consider other options.

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5.0
Sep 20, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Long overdue but Aculon definitely has pros. Fun projects and success was a big win. The CEO seemed to understand the importance of keeping the company aligned and working as a cohesive unit. Edward also did a good job at bringing reality back in the picture if the team was too caught up in finding a solution for a customer. Lab chemists were all very nice and intelligent people. If you’re a fun/goofy person with some thick skin it’s a good environment with relatable people.

Cons

Few negatives especially if you’re someone who likes that start up urgent vibe but at the same time likes having all the tools needed from a more established company. Occasionally emotions could run high and some people could lose their temper during stress (especially when it’s stress they had caused themselves!) but I felt generally supported when that happened by our CEO and office manager. This high emotion definitely attributed to sometimes trying to force things to work. However, sometimes that unregulated passion/emotion finds solutions that otherwise wouldn’t have been considered. Other times it can create conflicts!

2.0
Apr 21, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The company has interesting technology.

Cons

Under new management you need a PhD ro advance.

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