Pros
Good starter job if you can look past all the flaws. Benefits and base pay are alright. Coworkers are easy to get along with for the most part. Just don't question management on anything because that will not go over well.
Cons
Absolutely no work/life balance. You're expected to put all your time and effort into the company with little to no benefit to you. Extremely short staffed with no real plan for filling gaps other than "work together" despite the fact that everyone is already working extremely hard to get their own testing done. No room for growth despite them telling you in the interview the exact opposite. They will promise promotions but never follow through. They have no guide for different tech levels (supposedly they're working on this). The job description changes at the drop of a hat with little to no heads up or discussion as to how the increased workload will be handled. Terrible communication. No one follows through with anything, samples come late or not at all and it falls on you when testing gets delayed. Bad management would rather throw you under the bus than try to solve problems or get to the root of an issue. The lab itself is too small with no successful means of organization. They're trying to do too much with not enough space or equipment. Equipment is constantly breaking and out of service leading to a whole host of issues. Training seems to be last on everyone's mind. You get half trained on things and then tossed out to sea to sink or swim. I left with this job zero faith in the company and its management staff as well as outright anger for how they dismissed my concerns. I was told several times to just do my job and in the end was told I had a bad attitude for expressing valid frustrations. The turn over in the company as a whole is through the roof but in the short time I was in QC we lost 5 people and several more are on their way out. I enjoyed this job very much when I first started but the complete lack of appreciation quickly led to burnout and animosity. I wouldn't recommend this job to my worst enemy.
