What its like working at Zymo as a Services Tech.
Pros
- welcoming work culture - services bonus every new year (dependent on how many clients we get per year) - great entry place to grow i.e. a lot of training on the job which helped build necessary wet lab/dry lab/team skills - great great benefits (401k, health, vision, dental, free online courses, PTO and Sick PTO) - very flexible work schedule i.e. no strict clock in/clock out time and never have had a problem asking for Time Off (sick or vacation)
Cons
- they vocalize growth and "provide you the option" to learn a new skill and apply it to the company (i.e.f you started in wet lab and garnered a skill for coding, or marketing, or R&D, they would let you transition to that new skill within the company) but, specifically in the services tech, everyone has such a busy schedule and deadlines that it is hard to really find a new skill and learn it. - VERY difficult to move up in this company. 2 years at this company and I am still only a Services/Research Tech II (which sounds normal) but when my responsibilities and skills have skyrocketed, i feel like it doesn't reflect my title/rack -Low pay. at first, they pay well, but raises are non existent outside of the yearly raise (really only a 3-10% raise increase) -the low pay mixed with the difficulty of moving up in title in this company weighs more than the welcoming work culture and benefits. -upper management can really be a favoritism thing sometimes and more of often than not, power trips are more common than what i had hoped for, depending on what team you are apart of in this company.
