Pros
great and helpful co-workers learn a lot within a couple of months tasks not too repetitive, though you are expected to spend half your day counting spores on a microscope
Cons
manager is very dishonest. they will talk with you and attempt to be personal with you, and praise you for good work. then out of the blue, they call you into their office and fire you. no warnings prior and a vague reason. training evaluation for counting spores has no statistical integrity. they compare your results to just one analyst who only covers a portion of the slide, so the extreme variance in unaccounted for e.g. original analyst counted 20 basidiospores, trainee correctly identifies triple the amount but fails anyway short lunch and can't take paid break whenever you'd like, it has to be at the manager's convenience. there were many days I could not use my morning break due to the manager giving me ton of work, and I can't make it up in the afternoon as that break would be too close to my 2nd break if that's not enough, there is high turnover for a reason: very rare to find someone who lasts over a year
