Pros
After being in the lab industry for many years I made a move to Elemment. As with most service companies employment conditions can change with the market but Element seems to care about its employees and offer a better package than most of the its laboratory testing competitors. Focused on success in three core test disciplines as apposed involvement in multiple markets that can result in a lack of focus. Staff turnover is low and moral is good, the company is ran by people who know the testing industry rather than people from the financial world who run the business solely by numbers.
Cons
private equity ownership will mean there that there will be changes in the future. This is a service industry which means you have two bosses, the company and your clients both need to be happy for you to progress.