The company is run by middle man management; corporate clearly has no idea how the Gaithersburg branch is being managed. The supervisors and trainers are of the lower class and have such a power trip. These are the best careers they can get in life and definitely demean others to stay on top. In a professional company, new employees would never be treated like this.
The company is ran like a kindergarten class room.. what kind of job are you required to ask your supervisor for permission to go use the restroom... At Covance, you are required to email your supervisor informing them about your urgent need and wait for their response...
Your schedules are produced by your supervisors indicating your 15 minute breaks and lunch breaks. Each individual will have different breaks then others, and will change on a daily basis.
There is little room for moving up in the company, unless you kiss the asses of those who took your soul. Favoritism plays a big role here, so if you're not the chosen one, you can pack your things.
For the position of Program Specialist, A college degree is far from needed. What is necessary is the ability to do a repetitive tasks over and over again. The ones who can be most successful in this position are those who rarely use their brains. Ability to do hours of repetition will make you a winner at Covance.
To sum it all up, Covance may be a great and help the unfortunate people, however, being an employee here is as bad as being a factory worker, a typical dead end job.
