Tempus AI Lab Operations reviews

Tempus continues to want more and more out of its employees, while ignoring safety concerns and stripping benefits. They love to talk about how great the lab is when giving tours, but they turn a blind eye to numerous safety violations (that have been brought to mgmt attention many times) and don’t seem to care about us at all. There is a very large divide between the “bio” side and the “tech” side of this biotech company, and the ones at the top seem to want to expand that divide. PTO changes went into effect in the middle of the year with 3 weeks notice, but only for hourly employees. Guess who is hourly? Lab employees, NOT office employees. We were condescended to and ignored when asking questions about this change. Nobody knows what other teams actually do unless individuals go to other individuals to learn - no info is offered otherwise. This is my first job in a lab setting and I was so excited to learn everything that I could, but the company seems to actively discourage that. Unless they decide to expand your responsibilities without a reflection in pay. Experiences seem to be very team/supervisor dependent - some teams are trusted to do their jobs by their superiors and others are insanely micromanaged.

No parking, no set time on when you clock out, can’t start your day until deliveries arrive (hence why no set time on clocking out), you can’t leave early if you finish early but they expect you to stay late, you’re in a shared space with another team and your schedule for the day is also dependent on them, the people that have been there for quite some time are very tight-knit and will treat the space like high school.