United BioSource reviews

3.4

62% would recommend to a friend

(457 total reviews)

Bekki Brown

58% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

United BioSource has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 457 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The United BioSource 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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457 reviews
2.0
Jul 12, 2010

Only a company for those looking to work 24/7

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great employess - everyone works very hard and is friendly. Good office atmosphere. No defined start time - Flexible work schedule.

Cons

No work life balance. Work week is 55+ hours a week including many late nights (11:00 PM) and often weekends. Processes are outdated - much talk about improvement but very little action to actually change. Employees that slack are not held accountable. Employees that are star performers just get more work piled on them.

1.0
Apr 22, 2010

Mixed Feelings

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Excellent People - Used to feel like you were part of a team that people enjoyed being involved in - Everyone is willing to help everyone else, regardless of workload - Hard work is almost always, usually recognized - Great location

Cons

- Workload gets to a point were it burns you out - Company clearly tends to highly younger, more enthusiastic and energetic people, who are more comfortable burning the candle at both ends - There seems to be a trend in management to ignore problems relates to stress and employee dissatisfaction, as if sweeping this under the rug or not talking about it will make it go away - Entire culture, due to heavy workload has become almost complete reactive, rather than proactive; it's rare that individuals find the time or energy to enact changes that have long term benefits

1.0
Apr 15, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Good co-workers, decent benefits, nice location.

Cons

An unpredictable work week with no work-life balance. The work week is usually in the 50-55+ hour range but can be much worse at times. Overlapping projects\tasks to the point where it is not possible to multitask effectively. Flawed resourcing model; PMs, testers, and devs are almost always stuck cleaning up the mess from their previous project so they cannot start their next project on time. Management does nothing to fix the problems that everyone knows exist. There are significant time zone issues to deal with if you are in the London office that add to the long work days. Poor training, low morale; some friendly advice, avoid this company.

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