Same as always - Anonymous employee Lonza Employee Review

1.0
May 8, 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

International Company OK benefits excepted HR control wellness program and is point driven. not good for everyone only HR

Cons

Seems like the person in charge is being punished, so they are sent to the Walkersville location where they do their song and dance and go back to Europe. Meanwhile here the same people in charge end up doing the same so nothing changes. Still ran like mom and pop store because these people in charge grew with this company so they don't have any experience with big companies or they can't see the big picture. Still poor communication, poor management and allocation of resources. People with talent and knowledge are not allowed to shine because it shows management's weaknesses so they leave. The problems are the ones that hat have been there over 8 yrsbecahuse the same issues continue.

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5.0
Jun 8, 2026
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Pros

Diverse opportunities across departments as one wanted

Cons

Provide decent pay and benefits

2.0
Jun 23, 2026
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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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