Good place to work and grow - Anonymous employee BioClavis Employee Review

Other members of staff were good. Atmosphere used to be good. Free coffee machine.

The pay and benefits are subpar compared with the sister company BioSpyder. It's written off as 'tax' reasons for a UK company but this is rubbish. The leadership is toxic, many many times people go into meetings anxious of how the CEO is going to behave. He belittles other members of staff, he cannot see how he could be wrong and if you dare disagree with him then you're branded as trouble. Other members of management enable and will not stand up to him, instead choosing to ignore his behaviour or play it down. As stated by others in reviews people have to walk on egg shells in case they annoy him. Staff turnover is atrocious and the company is now seen more as a stepping stone rather than a serious proposition to build a career. No pathway for promotion other than stepping into roles that get tossed your way as a result of the pivoting of the direction of the company with little or no support.

There are no pros. The company has been falling apart for over a year and people are terrified for their jobs. The main person responsible for the destruction is the micromanaging CEO. Completely unhinged, unpredictable, a fantasist. He mistakes being a good businessman with stepping on s_ and getting lucky. Absolutely no science knowledge and depends mainly on his inept family members to run the business with him. Rampant nepotism. See BioSpyder reviews for more information. Believe the negatives, the only people who write positive reviews are his family as a form of damage control. No management structure, no progression, below average pay, No direction, no real product. Expected to wear multiple hats but no job description. The clock is ticking for how long he is going to keep kicking the can down the road in Scotland, a company that went from 25 to 5 people. The outlook is bleak and the Scottish life sciences community are aware. The sad thing is the technology is robust but just completely in the wrong hands of someone with no vision or ability to get anything off the ground. I believe he knows this and that is what leads to his childish outbursts, gaslighting and bullish behaviour towards staff.

As above, the negatives are endless. A company that is completely hanging by a thread. Senior management keep pointing the finger at everyone else because blame culture is all they know and not one of them look in the mirror to see the real problem staring back at them. What's worse is that they don't even trust each other and the CEO trusts no-one. Dealing with that level of paranoia does not make for a healthy working environment.