Ok - Senior Scientist Lonza Employee Review

3.0
Apr 28, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of opportunities for lateral moves to other departments.

Cons

Return to Office policy. No more working from home. I used to recommend to a friend but no longer CEO wants everyone onsite for productivity. However there is not enough space, our colleagues and customers live internationally so we won't be seeing them onsite regardless. Worse for mental health, people with intermittent health issues, people with children etc.

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5.0
Jun 8, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Diverse opportunities across departments as one wanted

Cons

Provide decent pay and benefits

2.0
Jun 23, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Compensation (for higher level associates/senior management positions)

Cons

1) Work/life balance - leaders don't honor paid time off. Many teams expect you to be available during paid time off periods 2) Benefits - employer doesn't offer employer-subsidized vision insurance 3) Holidays - employer doesn't offer MLK Day and Juneteeth as paid days off, indicating how little they value diversity, inclusion, and belonging 4) Promotions - political; not based on merit 5) Mandated 5 day return-to-office to enable "in person collaboration" while at the same time offshoring jobs to cheaper markets. 6) PTO - based on tenure, but I think Lonza prefers high turnover so they don't have to give people time off (if they even honor it in the first place - see con 1) 7) Lack of harmonization - for an established CDMO, I was surprised at the level of misalignment between sites and the lack of standardization of processes

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