Pros
You learn cGMP which you can use to go elsewhere. The line staff and donors are some truly remarkable people sometimes.
Cons
I am presently in therapy and being treated for PTSD related to my experience with Grifols. I can only relate my experience to being in an abusive relationship. I was gaslit , lied to, and manipulated so much when I worked here that I began to question my own self and self worth. Management is absolutely horrible with this company. Promotions are done based on tenure and who you know. The ability to lead is not a requirement here for management. Operations management also has no accountability for anything. If you are Quality you are the enemy. You will be blamed and punished for all things that go wrong in the center while your ops counterparts sit in the office all day. I had my CM go against concerns as me being “too picky” and “on a witch-hunt” as a problem employee went on to return unsuitable RBCs to a donor for the third time that month with no repercussions. Bringing up problems and concerns paints a target on your back and you’re just seen as annoying. Most managers aren’t in the areas until the regionals are in the center, and the regionals are fine being willfully blind to this. They will tell you that Quality and the CM are partners but the CM will make tens of thousands of dollars more and if they choose not to follow SOP/the CFR, that is on the QSM for not being more convincing on why they should do the right thing. I observed and experienced all of these things and more. It’s a bad and toxic environment. Don’t be Quality or someone who cares here unless you’re fine going crazy because of all the horrible things happening around you as you have no ability to change anything. I pray I never need a plasma derived medication from this company because of all the things I’ve seen and been coerced into accepting. The company exploits poor people- donors and line staff and that evil business model seeps into everything they do.