Pros
Come and go as you please, but this also a con because people come and go without regard to how much work is in house.
Cons
As long as you have nothing to do with asbestos dept you can get paid to do nothing remotely recognizing work.If you work in the asbestos dept, you will constantly bombarded with work and the minute you get a chance to breathe you are bombarded again. I have seen analysts in other depts SLEEPING at their stations, constantly on their phones with their spouses, watching movies on their phones or just standing around talking with management while the asbestos dept is swamped with work.You see, they use the asbestos dept to subsidize the lab when the other depts. don't have work. If you bring it up to management then you are being difficult and are labeled a complainer because the management is guilty of all of the above. And don't believe them when they say you can cross train into another dept., that will never happen for you if you work in the asbestos dept. You will NEVER be given the time to do so. If you aren't analyzing you aren't making them money and we can't have that.