Don't bother - QC Supervisor Lonza Employee Review

1.0
Oct 11, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Location. Reasonable distance to most of southern nh and northern mass.

Cons

- Poor management. Out out of touch. - Low quality of recruiting. Upper management will push to hire fresh grads or bottom of the barrel candidates. - Poor department structure. Supervisors will report directly to QC head. No middle management. -Aggressive timelines and poor staffing. Will be required to work long hours and overtime. - Poor communication and accountability between departments. Constantly heard "Idk, I just work here". - Inexperienced global support. Continously say there is global support, but global team is inexperienced and not knowledgeable to process. - Equipment outdated. Extremely outdated. - Tribal knowledge to the max. Training extremely poor for the complex processes. - Will hire consultants to do work rather than support growth and knowledge of existing team members. - HR team glazes over the short staffing and overall support of the team members. -Save your time and career and go elsewhere.

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

Take careful consideration and be transparent with the supervisors if you're still exploring, as it's not an entry-level job that can hire and train new people at a fast pace all the time (I'm comparing this to retail and fast-food places, though). I live an hour away and work night shift, 7 pm to 7 am, thus the total amount of hours away from home is 14 hours. Please consider your mental endurance as well as your physical endurance for the night shift, as this job requires you to be on your feet, think critically, and can challenge one's work-home life balance.

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