Neogen reviews

2.9

39% would recommend to a friend

(445 total reviews)

Mike Nassif

37% approve of CEO

28% positive business outlook

Neogen has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 445 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Neogen employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

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445 reviews
1.0
Aug 9, 2019

Traps Employees

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Pros

Good place to get experience if you don't plan on staying. Neogen deals with a large variety of techniques and equipment and is very fast paced, so you learn a lot (assuming your supervisor cares about training you)

Cons

The company culture is so bad that when I left someone literally said "You're getting out!" Neogen leaches all your time and energy with long overtime hours (even if you're salaried) and continued pressure of "Are you working fast enough? We need to get product out faster. How can we shave 30 seconds off your time? Is that product out yet?" All while refusing to listen to employees about what would actually make them more efficient, like computer systems and expanding virtual infrastructure. To make matters worse, in the new employee handbook they make you sign, there's an extensive non-compete clause that extends TWO YEARS past your last day. It states that you can't work for a business that competes with Neogen at any level internationally for TWO YEARS!!! Imagine being a tech with a degree in animal science, then being told that you can't work for anyone else that does anything at all for animal genomics for two years? You'd feel pretty trapped, right? The pay is 1/2 of what it should be (don't believe the inevitable response from Neogen saying "we believe pay and benefits are competitive". They aren't, especially for anyone in the lab).

2.0
Oct 20, 2015

Pay/Unappreciated

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Pros

Coworkers will be come like family members, there is no doubt you will connect with your coworkers & make life long friendships. This place place is a great opportunity to learn & i have learned a lot in the time I've been here.

Cons

Pay is below average & you are expected to do beyond your job description....most staff feels unappreciated, unnoticed /not valued employees. Communication is key in every aspect of life, and its failing this business.

1.0
Nov 18, 2023

HR is useless

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Pros

Good with PTO days / benefits.

Cons

When I first started at Neogen, management treated everyone with respect/ valued employees and their input. Once Mr. Herbert retired, everything turned to crap. It got REALLY bad during Covid. Any manager that was decent left. They hired a miserable tyrant that had no clue on how to treat employees with decades of experience. She bullied supervisors until they quit. Tried to bully all long term employees. Anytime we would complain to HR….they were like deer caught in headlights. Nothing would be done. They would tell us ‘the situation was handled’. But nothing would change. I finally got out when the manager said, ‘if you don’t like it, find something else!’ It took a few months, but I did. $12k increase in pay. Ironic thing is, I never would have even looked had the management style and culture remained the same. Apparently, they do not have any qualms about high turn over.

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