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      Lonza

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      Lonza reviews

      3.5

      67% would recommend to a friend

      (1,747 total reviews)
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      Wolfgang Wienand

      73% approve of CEO

      57% positive business outlook

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      3.7

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.7

      Compensation and benefits

      3.6

      Career opportunities

      3.4

      Work/Life balance

      3.3

      Culture & values

      3.0

      Senior management

      Lonza has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 1,747 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Lonza employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

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      2K reviews
      3.0
      May 13, 2018

      In-depth science, fun coworkers, lot of growing pains

      Engineer
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Very in-depth projects. No dull days. The abundance of clients and projects make each week a different week. There are not a lot of dull days. The staff is generally extremely intelligent and very invested in their work (almost to a fault). They have sports games at lunch (soccer, basketball, frisbee). Benefits are pretty middle of the road. Decent amount of community involvement. Hardcore, in-depth science is the motto here. If you eat, sleep, and breath pharmaceutical sciences this is your place. You will be given a free reign to explore new things, push boundaries, and it is a very open communication company. Top to bottom you can talk to anyone about problem statements and project outlook. Bend is also a great place to live. Lots of fun, smaller town atmosphere with lots to do. Outdoor recreation is abundant.

      Cons

      The culture has changed for the worse since the acquisitions. It started with Capsugel and has continued to slide downhill since Lonza. The earlier days of Bend Research pushed hard for a work-hard, play-hard lifestyle. This has disappeared since the buy-out and revenue has been the top priority since. Be prepared to work every week 40+ hours and don't expect any compensation for your overtime (weekly or at the end of the year). Raises are only cost of living (~2%), maybe 3-4% if you are a top 1% of the hardest workers and routinely work 50+ hours. There has been significant turn over in the past 3-4 years. Expressing concerns to HR is also a grey area. They are very obviously only there to protect the company, be cautious with expressing any concerns you have at work about work. If you love science, enjoy working hard, and don't have a lot of priorities outside of work, this is your place.

      5.0
      Jun 21, 2019

      Great place to work despite culture changing in the last few years

      Scientist
      Recommend
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      Pros

      - The people at Bend Research are exactly why I loved working there. They are some of the most down to earth and friendly coworkers you could hope to find. Despite the amount of former disgruntled employee reviews here, there was a solid sense of camaraderie among colleagues. Many of my colleagues were close friends outside of work as well. - On site gym / sports facilities. Working out at lunch time is encouraged and part of the culture. - General work environment is fairly dynamic, with r&d scientists involved in a broad array of techniques and projects - Work flow seemed pretty efficient for r&d space, and despite needing to be a lot of things as a r&d scientist, I didn't feel like half my time was wasted with logistics, which is not the case for r&d labs at other companies which try to be GMP spaces at the expense of being horrendously inefficient. - There is no clocking in / clocking out for salary employees and there is some flexibility for working hours which adds to a more relaxed feeling of going to work each morning. - Company provides an awesome breakfast on Fridays (watch out for those interns) - Company will pay 50% (25% post tax) off any gym membership - 401K matching is good - Views around the Tumalo campus are beautiful

      Cons

      - New Lonza employees are paid better than pre-Lonza employees, but the company won't increase the salaries of pre-Lonza employees to match the new rate. You literally would have to quit your job and be re-hired in order to take advantage of the new Lonza salaries - absurd!! - Yearly salary increases have been lagging the increasing costs of living in Bend for several years. - There is high turnover of employees and it really sucks to see good people leaving all the time. This definitely effects morale.

      1.0
      May 28, 2016

      Workplace more toxic than its chemicals

      Marketing specialist i
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Paycheck, pleasant coworkers, free coffee and soda, good vacation and holiday pay.

      Cons

      Sink or swim. There is no on boarding or training. Employees are set up for failure and must rely on their own wits and Intel gathering to find out what their duties are and how to go about them. Very clique management environment full of intimidation, passive aggressive behavior, blaming and outright bullying. Employees who are unfortunate enough to get one of the many demeaning managers will be constantly scrutinized, demeaned and micro managed. Like to be a part of a team that works together enthusiastically to accomplish a goal? Sorry, not here. In fact, if you and your coworkers take initiative to get the job done well together, you may incurr the wrath of your manager and will quickly be corrected and reminded that you are stupid and you do not matter. Expect this to happen cyclically as you begin to make great progress and work well as a team. You will be shown your place. Need to work from home once in a blue moon? Sorry. Only management can work from home (whenever they like for no reason at all and repeatedly on Fridays). How will you know you are appreciated? Well, line up boys and girls because once a month will be cake day where you are privileged to get a piece of carrot cake or chocolate cake from Publix. There, that should fix all the emotional scars management has inflicted upon you this month. A common question is..."what does he/she do?" You will encounter employees who serve no purpose and do nothing, but they were grandfathered in during acquisitions and are kept around for no good reason. And they can also work from home whenever they want and as frequently as they want. There is no concrete HR structure. You are on your own. Take any issues carefully to your manager or your manager's boss and pray that your issue doesn't bite you back in the end. I could go on and on. I have experienced the worst corporate environment ever since joining her a few years ago and I would not wish this on my worst enemy. I've seen many good people move out and on to better companies. If you are looking for something, do yourself a favor and avoid Lonza.

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