If you actually want to help people, work here
Pros
Ossium Health is a small company where you don't feel like another cog in a corporate machine. We have actual products in patients that we have worked on, even as Level 1 associates. If you want to feel like you are making an impact in the health world, I would suggest working here. The team environment here is very close-knit (whether that is a pro or con depends on you). Management can sometimes seem out of reach and out of touch with what is going on in the lab, but they are always willing to sit down and talk with people to figure out what problems are (however, they don't always act upon what was said). There is a good balance of diversity on the team as it is not all men unlike other STEM fields. Everyone is valued based upon their ability to contribute to the company (if you don't contribute, you won't be allowed on projects, etc.). Since Ossium Health is a start up, you will have opportunities to grow alongside and up through the company. The work hours when not working in the cleanroom are pretty flexible, we also receive a lot of PTO and benefits. Everyone here (management included) is very welcoming of new hires and invested in their employees work/life balance. All in all, Ossium Health is a good company to work at if you want to make a difference in patients lives.
Cons
You will be in the cleanroom for at minimum 4 hours almost every day on the production team. You will also be working holidays, which will include one of the big three: Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve or Christmas Day, good luck explaining that to your in-laws! Depending on what projects you are assigned out of the cleanroom, you could be very bored when not processing (however some people just choose not to work outside of the cleanroom). You don't get the opportunity to really expand your horizons in terms of different scientific processes (QC will never teach Production, Manufacturing will never do R&D, etc.) but since Ossium Health is a start up, no matter what team you are assigned you will be pulled in different directions. The San Francisco location is definitely valued more than the Indianapolis Team (they get 2 free lunches a week, almost all holidays off, able to work from home every Friday, etc.). It feels like money is always tight here which tends to make the San Francisco favoritism even more apparent. There isn't an HR person at the Indianapolis location, making it very difficult to let our issues be heard if we can't talk to management about our problems.
