Pros
- Flexible with timing if you were late, need to take PTO, vacation etc. - On-site gym - Good cafeteria food - OK pay. I was getting 17/hr for an entry level position, but I asked for that. The low was 16/hr. - Opportunities to promote but it was scarce
Cons
- Management got switched around about 3 times in the 6ish months I was there. - Management is overworked and stressed, and is partially chosen out of seniority, not who would actually run a good lab, so they're not always the best. - Management throws you in the deep end, provides very poor training, but gets annoyed when asking for help. I'd end up doing things on my own without help, thinking I was doing them correctly, when in reality I was all wrong and then I'd have people displeased with me. - "every man for himself" kind of vibe - Everyone in my lab was silent. I could go a whole work week without talking to anyone - Broken(?) thermostat, so I was constantly working in a hot, humid lab. - Likely alot of mold and other spores in the air since I was in a physically wet lab. Not necessarily their fault but I was pretty sick and had bad skin issues the whole time. - Either no work at all and you had to look busy, or so much work you lost sleep over it at night. - Weird red-tape over the smallest things - Utilizes temporary workers and interns so they don't have to hire and give real pay or benefits. - Managment were passive aggressive and too afraid to actually manage. Had a manager who was "super nice" but was a huge gossiper, and when called out for not being helpful during a staff meeting quit the day of. - Messy promotion, and many were doing more than their job description, effectively being the next position up, but still getting base pay. - Genuinely everyone I knew in my lab was miserable. - My lab was the one where they put everyone that they didn't want in other labs anymore. It was the throwaway lab.