A Terrible Place to Work - Scientist Zymergen Employee Review

1.0
Jul 31, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

If I sat here for a while longer, I might be able to think of one.

Cons

-Please note the CEO suggested to the entire company that people should write positive reviews on glassdoor. That is why there is a recent trend in reviews that are more positive. For this reason, I do not believe that these recent positive ratings or reviews are actually reflective of the company or its culture. -Teams work as separate mini companies competing among themselves instead of together productively -General lack of transparency -A lot of the key scientific leaders left. In the wake of that, in many cases the incompetent scientist who have louder voices or acted more aggressive drowned out the competent ones and rose in position -Lots of layers of middle management who have no clue about what’s actually going on and useless leadership trying to prove their own value. -Many case of nepotism for projects, roles, and promotions by managers and directors that don’t have the scientific knowledge, background, or groundwork to be making such decisions. The result is ”scientists” without deep expertise and only amateur interests in specific subject matter being promoted to key decision making roles that they should not be in. A lot of scientist who are competent have noticed this trend and there is a swarm of employees upset about this right now.

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Cons

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