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Meso Scale Diagnostics

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Was a good starting job because they pay more... however... - Anonymous employee Meso Scale Diagnostics Employee Review

1.0
Aug 16, 2014
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The people are very friendly and fun to work with. Management is somewhat lenient which is nice. However, they might be too nice that it causes people to abuse their leniency. Good pay for entry level technicians/associates. However, dont expect any good raises every year. They are a joke. Technology is one of a kind and promising. It's a pretty stable company and should be doing well for a couple more years until a new techology comes.

Cons

Absolutely no room to move up. People are promoted based on their seniority or how much you kiss up to the superiors and not by how efficient and good your work ethic is. Supervisors believe in micromanaging which is annoying considering that some techs are more knowledgeable and capable than the supervisors. Supervisors and upper management have no idea what's going on in the cleanroom/lab. Technician's work moral is at an all time low. Techs are overworked and underappreciated. A lot of problems within the work environment are either temporarily fixed or worst, swept under the rug instead of solving the problem. Hard to move from one department to another. No support from managers and supervisors. If anything, they'll try to do anything to keep you from transfering to another department. You have to do it behind their backs. People who SHOULD be fired because they are not team players, causes a lot of crucial mistakes at work, always late or 'sick', lazy or have awful work ethics are still working and will never be fired. Managers find it a hassle to let someone go so they just either withstand the worker or they keep relocating (dumping) them to another department to deal with. And if you're thinking of getting educational assistance, forget it. You will be denied immediately. Unless you're someone whos trying to do a PHD or a post PHD, youre are not getting any assistance.

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Cons

1. The building is designed like a psychiatric ward. There are no windows and there is no decor on the walls. CEO doesn't like when we put things on the walls. Really weird. 2. Management is just not good. They don't understand HIPPA or employee privacy; additionally they lack empathy. 3. Safety is not safe at all. they treat their job like they are supposed to micromanage and nitpick certain individuals on the first floor but people on the second floor walk around wearing no PPE. 4. Management cannot handle any level of push back. If the boss says the sky is blue and you say no I think its cyan, youre fired the next day. They LOVE to fire people for pushback but let people who treat people nasty hang around. 5. The roaches....thats the comment 6. Just a little bit of racist energy and its not good. They dont appreciate black workers and it shows blatantly STAY AWAY. 7. PTO sucks. 8. Unless you are outside of a minority group, there is a ceiling and you will reach it quickly. No room for upward mobility if you dont bear the color they desire.

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