If you're not a scientist, do not join - Anonymous employee Amyris Employee Review

2.0
May 25, 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The benefits are good. If you're a scientist, it seems like it's a good place to work.

Cons

Biossance: micromanagement, toxic leadership team, finger-pointing, disorganization. Poor planning. Leadership changing their mind 2 days before launching a new initiative. All work going to waste because they didn't plan ahead. Not enough room to grow. They expect you to work A LOT and don't give you enough support. No prioritization of projects. Everything is important and needs to be done ASAP, but there aren't enough resources. Everyone is overworked and burned out. I don't know if the president doesn't know about the reality of the team (because the managers are trying to protect their own jobs) or if she doesn't care.

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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