QC does nothing to retain employees - Analytical Chemist Lonza Employee Review

Lonza Bend QC/micro Lab is NOT the department you want to work for. Even though they’re are always short handed-it is for good reason. Supervisors and upper management do nothing to support retaining good employees. They hire new inexperienced people for 15K+ more than what their current employees who have been there 5-10 years make and they refuse to discuss pay raises to keep employees who are dedicated. Everyone has started sharing what they all make since management keeps it hush hush. The AD and PD groups also started sharing with QC what they make and for the same grade level job chem 1/2/sr PD/AD groups get paid 15-20K more. Advancement and training is a joke. QC-Bend management has a checklist of training you need to do before advancing to the next level of scientist, however finding the time to do it is difficult, it usually is on your own time. Which being paid salary means you’re doing it for free. But once you’ve checked all those boxes plus more-management “updates” their list or then just tells you “it’s more than just the list…” they hold you back and only advance their favorites. There has not been a new Sr Chemist promotion in at least 4-5 years and some of the Chemist II’s have been there for 6-10 years and are more than qualified. 1/3 of the current staff are applying for other companies and a couple of people are applying to other departments. QC-Bend supervisors are asked in all hands meetings what management plans to do to retain current employees and they don’t even answer-they say it’s a 1:1 conversation with your supervisor…but when in 1:1’s they say if you’re not happy then look elsewhere. They don’t care about retaining. Chemists there work hard, they care and give quality work yet management does not stick up for them. They have a couple of dedicated chemists who help out wherever they’re needed but they stay as Chem 1 and Chem 2’s and don’t even get recognition for taking on others work or schedules who have quit and they too are getting burnt out for not getting recognition or even getting fair pay. Other departments kept getting raises (last year and again this last month) to help retain employees but QC-Bend does nothing.