Pros
Flexible with scheduling. Some coworkers are enjoyable, others not so much. A lot of the reviews have rung true good and bad. If you stay long enough and put up with stress and low pay you get to have a nice bit of vacation time.
Cons
Low pay and a stagnant trajectory for career advancement. Want to cross train make you a more valuable employee with out paying for that experience and knowledge to go from department to department due to staffing shortages and high turnover and lack of trained employees. Won’t give raises bc work goes late for any number of reasons along the way, but the reason for most of the lateness is due to the lack of training high turnover. Most of those who are left are left to pick up the slack. The lab should be a team, working together to get the work done. They want you to be an expert at what you do know how to fix all the problems that come up with little help from those in positions to help. The pace props are nice but aren’t a make up for pay and actual appreciation. Most people I know that have quit have done so bc of the high stress and low pay.
