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Meso Scale Diagnostics reviews

3.1

55% would recommend to a friend

(231 total reviews)

Jacob Wohlstadter

36% approve of CEO

39% positive business outlook

Meso Scale Diagnostics has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 231 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Meso Scale Diagnostics 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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231 reviews
3.0
May 11, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

No pressure in my job. Very interesting products & technology. Very diverse employees. Great! Lots of freedom in my job. Found opportunities and created a niche for myself. Was never reprimanded.

Cons

Maybe it's the company culture, but my manager does not manage in a strong and constructive manner.. Yearly "self-assessment" activity is a joke. No feedback. No opportunity to voice accomplishments and requests. High performers take pride in their work and want to show it off hopefully translating into recognition and compensation. Low performers need to hear constructive criticism to improve and become better contributors. Low performers are not given performance improvement goals and, as a result, do not improve and are kept on the job, often dragging the group productivity and morale down. Behavior I see would not be tolerated in my past company experience. Sad. Managers and supervisors do not have appropriate dollar-limit signing authority and it takes FOREVER to get something purchased. The owner has to approve simple stuff. What a waste of time.

1.0
Aug 16, 2014

Was a good starting job because they pay more... however...

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The people are very friendly and fun to work with. Management is somewhat lenient which is nice. However, they might be too nice that it causes people to abuse their leniency. Good pay for entry level technicians/associates. However, dont expect any good raises every year. They are a joke. Technology is one of a kind and promising. It's a pretty stable company and should be doing well for a couple more years until a new techology comes.

Cons

Absolutely no room to move up. People are promoted based on their seniority or how much you kiss up to the superiors and not by how efficient and good your work ethic is. Supervisors believe in micromanaging which is annoying considering that some techs are more knowledgeable and capable than the supervisors. Supervisors and upper management have no idea what's going on in the cleanroom/lab. Technician's work moral is at an all time low. Techs are overworked and underappreciated. A lot of problems within the work environment are either temporarily fixed or worst, swept under the rug instead of solving the problem. Hard to move from one department to another. No support from managers and supervisors. If anything, they'll try to do anything to keep you from transfering to another department. You have to do it behind their backs. People who SHOULD be fired because they are not team players, causes a lot of crucial mistakes at work, always late or 'sick', lazy or have awful work ethics are still working and will never be fired. Managers find it a hassle to let someone go so they just either withstand the worker or they keep relocating (dumping) them to another department to deal with. And if you're thinking of getting educational assistance, forget it. You will be denied immediately. Unless you're someone whos trying to do a PHD or a post PHD, youre are not getting any assistance.

1.0
Sep 4, 2018

Do not bother

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Could have given if there was any.

Cons

management does not know how to manage.

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