Run - Quality Analyst Lonza Employee Review

1.0
Dec 8, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Upper Management is great if you can break the ceiling The pay is decent

Cons

Very long hours: 50-60 hrs/week 9 day non stop is very regular Scheduling changes constantly and will make your shift longer because someone else messed up Communication is non-existent, the manager is terrible and has no experience in this industry so he has to constantly ask questions. You cant transfer departments, you WILL get blocked You cant go up, they save those positions for their favorites outside the company (nepotism much?) They refuse to give you time off even when you ask months in advance. They will disregard it and make you come to work. Forget about this place if you have kids, you will be villainized by everyone if you have an emergency with your kid. Prepare to not have a life as you get pulled and pulled into multiple mandatory 18 hour days on the weekends. Sometimes they make you sleep in the facility just so they can make their deadlines. They cannot plan or organize their departments at all. Even with so many people that have quit or are out due to covid, they insist on keeping the same schedule, spreading everyone thin, and even add more.

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Cons

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Pros

6+ hours of break on 12 hour shifts. minimal supervision from leadership. If you have good coworkers, it can be fun.

Cons

Extremely political i.e. if your supervisor doesn't like you for any reason you won't see any kind of progression and it works the opposite way. Communication can be very poor. The kind of leadership you get can vary immensely due to standards not being present nor leaders such as supervisors not being held accountable. As a contractor, pay is pretty low compared to the industry standard.

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