CSL Plasma reviews

3.0

42% would recommend to a friend

(2,127 total reviews)
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Paul McKenzie

46% approve of CEO

45% positive business outlook

CSL Plasma has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 2,127 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The CSL Plasma 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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2K reviews
3.0
Jul 30, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Safety is taken seriously. - MSA's and management were always there to back you up/check on donors if you needed them to. - We had potlucks on the weekend shifts. - Rotating weekend shifts meant that everyone got a weekend off every other week. - When you get hired, the manager takes you out to (free) lunch. - Employee of the month gets to go to a restaurant of their choice and gets free lunch, and gets a parking spot right by the door for the duration of that month. - You get to wear normal clothes (jeans & t-shirt) under your white coat on weekends. - Manager listens to you.

Cons

- Often understaffed as the pay is low and people are always getting hired and leaving right away as soon as they find something better. - You're on your feet 24/7. Quite a few people complained about having plantar fasciitis. Make sure you have shoes with good support or you'll regret it. - A full-time employee was reported for inappropriate conduct/sexual harassment multiple times but never got fired (at least not while I worked there). It seems it stemmed from how long they had been working at that location, how much of a close friend they became to everyone, and the money problems they were having. This, in my opinion, is not a valid reason to keep someone onboard. Compassion was misplaced. - Closing shift sucks. Not only because you stay late, clean every station, throw out garbage, restock, throw away cardboard and lift boxes, but because most people slack off. Multiple people would "disappear" and only reappear once you were mostly done. - People don't clean up after themselves. The person who used your booth before you probably left the plasma test machine disgusting, with blood everywhere. - People steal food. - If you're female, prepare to get hit on by donors. - If you're not white and don't let someone donate because they didn't meet the criteria, prepare to be insulted, harassed, or stalked.

1.0
Jul 28, 2018

Senior

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible work schedule. Lots of conversations. Great place to work if you are a young college student and need to call in if you are hungover.

Cons

Donors are constantly being asked to go home and change their clothes due to urinating themselves after a night of drinking or drug use. New hires are more professional than the managers themselves. Constant sexual harassment and no direct line to an H.R. representative so you can not get a help at all if needed to.

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