Alcami reviews

2.3

16% would recommend to a friend

(99 total reviews)
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Bill Humphries

14% approve of CEO

26% positive business outlook

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1.0
Jan 16, 2018

Trust the reviews, don’t waste your time

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Pros

The co-workers are fantastic Lots of hands on experience Benefits are good Lots of resources to complete tasks Nothing else is good

Cons

Lots of micromanaging (lack of trust) No work life balance, mandatory overtime Little room for promotion Low pay Too many metrics and not focusing on the real issues Not open to suggestions to better the company Urgent things are not completed until they are super urgent Lack of employees makes for a large workload Say anything that isn’t yes and it’s grounds for being fired You don’t get a choice in shift

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Alcami Response
8y
Thank you for your feedback. We are sorry that was your experience. Your feedback is what will help us to continuously improve our employee experience.
1.0
Dec 10, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

If you need to get some experience out of college, this could be the place for you. But you will be constantly overworked , and will not have a work-life balance. Also, if you are a PhD, you will be performing mostly jobs suited for technicians, regardless of what your job description says. And you will be writing reports over reports, then spending time in countless meetings. Besides this, you will still be expected to do an 8 hour work in the remaining 1-2 hours of your official workday (hence you will have to spend long hours overtime). The team is knowledgeable and you will be able to learn skills that will propel you to your next phase of your career, but do not expect that you will be working here more then 2 years.

Cons

It is a madhouse, the turn-over rate is about 85%, so you will constantly need to work your butt off, just to maintain yourself above the sinking level. The CEO is only interested in his own bonus, does not give a hoot about any of the employees regardless at what level below him. Also, he does not care if even the best of the employees will leave, this contributing to the very high turnover rate. Although compensation seems competitive at first look, keep in mind that you will be required to work at least 1.5 times more then what should be the norm, and with that in mind, the compensation is way below average. This because somebody is always quitting their job, and that adds a lot of strain to the teams. If you like working 10-12 hour days with not much support or help, in a constantly changing environment where you will be the required to do a lot with very little, then this is the place for you. Otherwise: run fast, run far.

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Alcami Response
8y
Thank you for your feedback. Alcami is a great place to grow your experience and career, and to do meaningful work that is changing lives and the future of medicine. As a growing, results-oriented company, we do require relentless accountability, flexibility, collaboration and commitment from team members at all levels. We look to our people leaders to understand this and to help employees understand why this is so important for our company day in and day out. Again, thank you for your feedback and we wish you the best in your future endeavors.
1.0
Nov 30, 2017

Eh

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good money, and easy work

Cons

Poor safety practices, unqualified process engineers, and chemical engineers, upper management pushes deadlines at the expense of employee safety.

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Alcami Response
8y
Thank you for your feedback. Safety is one of the Alcami non-negotiables. We strongly encourage employees to speak with their manager or a member of the Environmental, Health and Safety team, and to actively engage in our SEE card program if they are witness to unsafe practices, or have ideas of how we can improve the safety of our work environment.
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