Employee recruitment and retention is a major problem in the laboratory. Poor training, favoritism, and bullying contribute to the laboratory culture and excessive turnover. Question workload and serious concerns, and feedback from leaders will include, “Renown isn’t for everyone.” Entrenched leadership is held unaccountable in the laboratory. Managers demonstrate weak or low emtotional intelligence often unaware of the negative impact their words and actions can have on others. It wasn’t unusual to hear the words, “Thats how we’ve always done it.” Leadership operates in a silent state of continual overwhelm contributing to employee disengagement.
