Arkana Laboratories Reviews

Worst lab experience I have ever had in my professional life. You’re worked like a dog and then thrown scraps of a free lunch on occasion. Basically they have to offer you something to make you think it’s a great place to work but you may as well commit suicide than work for a path group that vaguely makes you think they care about you. It’s about their bottom line of money and only money! Do the pathologist believe what they’re saying? I seriously doubt it! They’ll have one of their mindless drones leave a flowering comment to offset this review, but you’ve been warned. If you don’t mind slaving for low wages and a potential tiny bonus then have it. Oh and you want get the same bonus as everyone else! It’s all a pathetic joke and a web of a never ending trail new employees. Did I mention people just walk out & never look back! Work at Amazon or Trader Joe’s or Starbucks! You’ll keep your sanity in tact. Remember when you’re on fire what to do! Well imagine being on fire & no one to put the fire out. Got it now!

They are VERY focused on meeting par times for lab members, which can make for toxic, and arguably unsafe, practices in order to meet your quota. If you don’t meet your par times, you don’t truly truly get additional training on how to get faster, just made to practice continually until you figure it out? If you don’t get faster, you can get fired. You’re entitled to 15 minutes breaks and an hour lunch break, but get discouraged from using your 15 minute breaks. The company has been trying to physically expand to meet their growing caseload , but they’ve been telling employees that for a few years now. Instead, it’s put on lab members shoulders if cases aren’t done on time instead of recognizing that we need more staff and more machines. When I first started they were super chill about calling in - no explanation needed, just use your PTO when you need to. Now we are limited to how many people are “allowed” off per department, and can only “call in” a set amount per quarter. Only holidays you get off are Fed Ex holidays. Expected to come in during inclement weather. The single diversity training we’ve had since I’ve been there was given by a cis white woman, and multiple POC in the lab felt it to be incredibly lackluster.