Limited opportunities - Technical Support System Biosciences Employee Review

SBI is a really family-friendly work environment. Management allows me a flexible schedule which helps in raising my family. My colleagues are smart, collaborative, and friendly. Colleagues frequently eat lunch together, often "potluck" style. Management goes out of their way to make a fun working environment including monthly birthday lunches, a yearly summer picnic for families, a yearly holiday party complete with gifts for employees, and a yearly company retreat for team building and planning. The products and services offered are innovative and interesting.

SBI is a small company, so expect to work hard here. You will take on several roles and need to step up to help your colleagues on a regular basis even if it's "not in your job title".

If management is ‘generous’ there are snacks in the break room (sometimes), decent benefits, free lunch every Wednesday. Staff is very communicative.

There isn’t much room for growth here, many products don’t sell enough so the company is very stingy with pay and even budget the lunches. Many employees seem very stressed out. Management keeps track of every little thing you do down to your break. There isn’t enough employees in the entire company so Covid pay doesn’t exist an there is a high turn over for a reason. There isnt proper training for new employees and the labs and files are unorganized. The majority of the employees are an older crowd; a few employees don’t get along with each other. Also, there isn’t ethnic diversity and they give fewer holidays & incentives than most companies in the Bay. Management will even gossip about others to other employees & have a sketchy way of monitoring salaried employees. Overall, this isn’t a good company, they exploit people for little pay & have a shady way of determining qualifications for the job. Because many of their products don't sell, there isn't much to do or even learn/grow from here. Don’t waste your time, skills, nor effort here.