"A paycheck is a paycheck" - employees from there - Manufacturing Associate Lonza Employee Review

1.0
May 29, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Hm....you will get paid so that's a plus

Cons

Starting with management. Terrible. Absolutely the worst, especially in the suite I worked in. Employees including the manager was and still is sexist. If you are a man and can lift heavy things, you will get promoted. If you are a female, training others and outperforming everyone, they will tell you you are "developing" on your review and hinder your promotion. Of you try to go to other suites or departments, the management will stop it from happening. Management over works you and blames you for any problem that occurs if you are in the area. Simply, management is worse here than McDonald's. Next, work life balance is nonexistent especially if you work overnight. The 12 hour shift rotation is as follows: Monday Tuesday on, Wednesday Thursday off, Friday Saturday on (for your 4 for the week) then starting your 3 work week rotation for the "next week" start on Sunday. Monday Tuesday off, Wednesday Thursday on and Friday Saturday off. Then it repeats with your 4 shifts the following Monday. Working nights, if feels like you are always on the night shift schedule until your 3 day weekend off (2 weeks later). Take it as you may. Lastly, the pay is terrible and so are the benefits. I got a new job in the South and got paid more (lower cost of living) than I did in NH (expensive to live). Weird how that works out. To help others out, please find another place to be employed. They will overwork you, burn you out, punish you for others mistakes and it all start with management. Could be an amazing place to work but that would require firing all of upper management. Considering they had 3 site directors while I was there and I had 3 different supervisors due to some getting demoted (for others mistakes while the operators remained unpunished as they were men), fired or quitting. Such a disgrace for a company that makes API for sick people but can't even help their own employees. So sad.

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Cons

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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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