Pros
They try to host lots of good events and have free food and beer. Fast paced environment will make you train faster and you get to train on multiple different learning techniques.
Cons
the company is good. Except for one particular department in the company- the GMP department. It has about 30 people working on this team. I had the unfortunate experience of working in this department. If I thought the prior leadership was tough, boy now it is worse. You are forced to stare in disbelief how much partiality happens and no one is held accountable. As the company is a CRO, it’s good to get so many varied projects that you could learn from. You can try your best and give your best however will that be enough for a promotion? Probably will not even be enough for a fair performance review. Hiring practices should be questioned when incompetent managers are hired who completely rely on their direct reports to keep the business floating. Regulations are strict as it is “GMP” yet scientists/ managers are hired with no prior experience. Educational degrees earned are not valued or appreciated. They are mocked instead. Overworked and under appreciated seems to be the norm. Analysts are expected to keep a track of all freezers on site and if a freezer breaks down it’s your job to make sure all the contents are moved to a backup. Loads of extra responsibilities are added onto the analysts. Also, no cleaning crew is employed. Scientists are expected to be taking out trash, vacuuming and mopping on a daily basis. Do you want to be put up for promotions ? Well then, join a sports team so you gain “visibility” among the company. Apparently good work ethics, skills and talent takes a backseat but hey! Let’s play volleyball ! It is so evident that if you are an obsequious person, if you are constantly being fake and constantly praising the managers or the upper management -you will get promoted. Are you good at work though? Doesn’t really matter. You could have the most abysmal work performance - if your manager Is your best friend he will cover for you and promote you. Equality among employees doesn’t exist. Treatment of employees is not fair or just. Some employees are overworked while others watch youtube all day. There is a reason the morale of the team is low. There is a reason why most people want to quit working here. Please value the cerebral strength you have.