Where to begin, too many cons to fit in this box.........upper management at the executive level has been completely useless for the past 15+ years. Zarella was the beginning of the end, he was more worried about his 35 million golden parachute after running the company literally into bankruptcy and making sure his hotel rooms had 600 thread count sheets then about the success of the company or employees. Tampa facility continuously outperformed other sites in the company, but layoffs were a constant in Tampa to save jobs in Rochester. Center of Excellence in Rochester is a total sham. I went there numerous times and saw the utter incompetence and waste of valuable resources (Goodman facility is ALL overhead with no contribution to the bottom line). Corporate led projects were constantly fed money with NO progress whatsoever. There was no accountability. High performers were treated the same as mediocre employees. Too many mid and senior level managers for a company of that size. The organization chart looked like an inverted evolutionary tree. The business environment was completely run by politics and had nothing to do with talent and innovation. Employees are underpaid and under respected with no opportunities for advancement within the company. The people running the Tampa facility run it with an "iron fist" and it amazes me how their continual incompetence is continuously tolerated and rewarded. I have never seen so many talented employees in one place leave in a matter of a few years time. For the Tampa area, its the best game in town if you're in pharma. The only reason people stay there is because there are no repercussions for mediocre work and they like living in Tampa. If another decent company opened a facility nearby there would be a mass exodus of people clawing over one another to escape. If youre reading this, there IS life outside of B+L. A good employer can be so rewarding and this doesnt have to be sacrificed to live in a place like Tampa. Leaving there was the best thing I EVER did for my career and my career has taken off since leaving. No place is perfect by any means, but that place sucks the life out of your veins!
