Just a Grunt - Operations Processing Technician AlloSource Employee Review

1.0
Feb 17, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Not much to speak on if you work in the core. If you are an office worker, it makes a huge difference.

Cons

Extraordinarily low pay for the mental and physical demands of the job. They have a very hard time with retention rates for many reasons, mostly the low pay. They did, however, recently create a senior and master level title to the technicians that comes with a raise, but it is still abysmally low for the type of work performed. They treat the technicians very poorly, ESPECIALLY compared to the office workers, and you are seen as just some grunts that produce everything the company sells and the senior leadership team and executive leadership team will benefit from. Allosource is, somehow, considered a Not-for-profit company, so their tax information is available to the public, so I encourage you to look it up and see for yourself how much the gap in pay is between the top earners and the technicians - the ones who do the hardest work. (ie - the CEO makes well over $1mil/year and the techs are around $45-50k/year.... meaning we techs have to work about 20 years without spending any money to make the same as the CEO does in one year. And that is WITHOUT bonus. Techs only make 5% bonus with all kinds of stipulations to prevent you from achieving it, and the executives make at least 20%...)

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AlloSource Response
4y
Thank you for your feedback and hard work over the years. We conduct an annual review of salaries based on non-profit and for-profit data to help ensure we offer competitive pay for the jobs we offer. That being said, we recently conducted internal surveys and, as a result, we have made adjustments to the technical career path, creating opportunities for each technician to establish monetary and professional growth here at AlloSource. We sincerely value each employee’s dedication to honor the gift of tissue donation and hope that you feel valued as a team member.

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Cons

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2.0
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Pros

3 day weekend and sick time

Cons

The recent views don't truly knows what goes on in Operations, Let me break it down to save you time so you know. Turnover rate is very high. Your supervisor does not know the process of your job and does absolutely nothing. They hire anyone that has a pulse so please take your educational experience then LEAVE ASAP. Some Co-workers had major anger and harassment problems, There are some Co-workers that are cool, they help you survive and have a good laugh. They may take overtime away. They may make you leave early. They would increase production rate BUT equipment is broken from night/weekend shift so you cant do your job. But still get blame! Your Supervisor just sit in his office to go to his meeting(getting donuts/coffee/Sport bets). You are gown all day so you wont have access to water and bathroom. Got anxiety? Breathing problems under stress? Get headaches and dizziness when tired? Get sweaty easy? You will not have a good time. If you only need experience take it and continue looking. Take advantage of the three day weekend and don't get to comfortable.

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AlloSource Response
10mo
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We would like to address several of the concerns you expressed. We have a robust hiring process for our Tissue Processing Technician role including a phone screen, onsite tour/job immersion, and interview. Working in a cleanroom setting can be physically demanding and we are clear with potential applicants about what the job entails. We are always trying to increase our supervisor’s capability and team engagement. We conduct annual engagement surveys and encourage our employees to have an open dialogue with their managers about concerns. We also have an open-door policy, HR support, and the AlloSource hotline available to report concerns that the company can address. Our turnover rate is below industry standard, and we are proud of that. We appreciate the work you did for us and wish you the best in your future endeavors.
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