Avoid If You're A Production Chemist - Chemist Bachem Employee Review

2.0
Sep 21, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Benefits, as a whole, are great - Notably their 401k, medical insurance, VSP Majority of the company promotes a cordial and sociable environment - Some of the most pleasant people were outside my department The company invests in training their employees, notably to communicate efficiently between and among teams/departments - Other employees were extremely fond of this seminar

Cons

Words mean little within the department - Promotions dangled over people's heads, assurances that behavioral issues will be resolved, team-building events fall through, etc. Favoritism biases upper managements' enforcement of the rules - Overlooking not clocking out for lunch/breaks, diminishing the severity of workplace harassment, distributing responsibilities unequally and burdening a select few Reporting the aforementioned offenses results in subtle acts of retaliation - Those who spoke up about the harassment were expected to work longer than 12 hour shifts while the offenders barely had enough work to fill an 8 hour shift Lack of professionalism often interferes with your work - In conjunction with long hours, the immaturity within the workplace resulted in a stressful environment, and evidently, high turnover All in all, avoid production chemist positions like the plague; we're not leaving in droves for no reason

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Bachem Response
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We appreciate the feedback provided, both the positive as well as the topics that Bachem can improve upon. Bachem is looking into the topics noted in your review and is working diligently to solve them. We are reviewing our staffing levels in production and continue to strive toward a better work-life balance for our team members. Additionally, we have increased the number of team leads in manufacturing areas to improve communication and collaboration. Bachem continues to provide training to all employees to facilitate effective communication and to create a more cohesive working environment. We encourage round table sessions with our Site Manager and ask that our employees also provide suggestions on how we can further improve.

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