Once a great company, now going downhill fast - Senior Research Associate Pioneer Employee Review

3.0
Feb 27, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Great people to work with - Nice benefits - Very competitive salary - PTO* - Company cellphone (if you count that as a pro)

Cons

- Time to take PTO is very narrow. The company has many 'peak' times of the year where it's impossible to take PTO in - Management are clock-watchers. Despite the amount of overtime put in during peak periods, very strict clock-watching still happens during non-peak times when the workload is small. - The merger with Dow is causing company-wide cuts in both employees and funding - Very long hours during peak times - Heat and humidity during summer/fall with field notes, pollination, and harvest is awful

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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