10 years on, I still remember Octapharma as the worst place I have ever worked.
Pros
There are no pros to working at Octapharma. The only positive this job had on my life was motivating me to go on to a much more respected and educated field so that I would never be abused the way I was at Octapharma again. I worked there 10 years ago and on reading the reviews here it's clear that nothing has changed.
Cons
1) Grossly unprofessional and abusive coworkers and managers. 2) Managers lie to you about the prospects of pay raises and advancement. 3) Very low pay for the type and intensity of work you do. 4) Blatant favoritism by managers and little to no prospect of advancement if you are not in their inner circle. 4) Skills are not transferrable to other fields, the only way the skills I learned at Octapharma were transferrable to the real world was learning how to single tie produce bags at the grocery store. 5) Many other negatives. Even after 10 years I still vividly remember the horrible experiences I had at Octapharma. Everything said in the negative reviews is true.