CSBio Reviews

2.7

32% would recommend to a friend

(72 total reviews)

Heng Wei Chang

51% approve of CEO

29% positive business outlook

CSBio has an employee rating of 2.7 out of 5 stars, based on 72 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The CSBio employee rating is 23% below average for employers within the Pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

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72 reviews
1.0
9 June 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

-Lots of space outside for a good phone interview. -The COO keeps trying to improve things with hilariously awful incentives. -Genuine humans work here -- you will build bonds of true friendship while you all suffer. -This whole operation is so bad that it's actually funny in a dark, Jesus this is depressing, sense.

Cons

-OSHA/Menlo Park Fire, and the FDA will probably shut this operation down next year. It's probably for the best. -The pay is so amazingly horrible that it's strangely funny. That other review about Jack-in-Box is spot on. -The managers have high expectations with literally zero incentive. -Upper management doesn't seem to understand how money works. -Upper management also seems to think violating labor laws is a great way to save money. -Buying cheap gloves and berating their workers seems to be a passion. -You will probably give patients serious side effects with the dangerous products you make. -You will probably give yourself serious side effects with the dangerous chemicals that you work with.

1.0
21 Mar 2016

Are you serious

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

There are some genuinely good people working here--both young and old. But both the age groups are bullied. Young college graduates don't have a choice when offered $10/hr because they need the experience. The older chemists are only awaiting retirement. It's the middle aged people that you will find rare. But the reason being is nonsensical. Experienced chemists know better than to take a job that pays entry level. The explained reason, or excuse really, for the low pay is the company needs to invest in its growth and its future. However, it's oxymoronic to believe that it will have a future with how its current employees are treated. Again, with the attitude that people are replaceable, it's hard to say otherwise without a suitable alternative in hand if you know what I mean. To try to make a living off of $10/hr or $12/hr, which is the offer to all college graduates, is humorous at best. In order to make the same amount of money as entry levels in another company, you would have to work 60 hour work weeks. This pay rate is comparable to flipping burgers at McDonald's--which doesn't even require a college degree. So for what reason did we spend money to go to school for? It's only in retrospect that these facts seem inconceivable and laughable.

Cons

The crux of the problem at CS Bio is not in any one person, because no one person can take the blame for what was once a small but honest company to become the large but cold and stoic reality it is today. What is going on can only be described as a disease. It's implied that everyone and anyone is dispensable and replaceable, regardless what your position is--despite what the propaganda advertised says. The idea is if you won't stand for the verbal and mental abuse, someone else will. Moreover, this mentality is spread throughout the company as part of its culture--hence the usage of the word disease.

1.0
16 May 2016

Literal sweatshop, everyone is trying to escape

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

You get to hear about the story when the COO (son of the CEO) got a well deserved punch in the face, and no one cared. If you are of Chinese descent they will give you more responsibilities, but they won't pay you more. You build strong bonds with those who suffer beside you. The observation deck is the perfect place for a telephone interview. The 3rd floor is set up like a frat house. They have strong profits with 1 contract with a drug company and they spend it on personal vehicles. Ever since the incident, they now have more security cameras. They save a lot of money.

Cons

You get paid less than the Jack-in-the-box down the street (I'm dead serious). Even those who are key to keeping everyone together are frequently abused by upper management. The COO will not purchase gloves to keep you safe from LEVEL 4 chemicals, so he can have an aquarium in his office Not OSHA compliant, One more safety review will have the place shut down and everyone jobless. Many safety regulations are ignored. They use fear and intimidation tactics to try to keep people in line. Upper management is toxic, literally and figuratively. Anyone above supervisor level is just looking out for themselves and will not hesitate to throw you under the bus. The COO 2nd interview is his stereotyping filter to keep the company 80% Chinese. If you are reading this even considering to apply to this company DON'T. Any review under 3 stars is true. If you are a recent grad do not fall for this trap for the experience. The chemicals will seep through you gloves and you will feel the side effects. Your nails will become brittle and your immune system weakened. Keep searching for another place. If you are a well experienced professional you are simply wasting your time. They will give you projects to finish in a week, and have you deviate at a moments notice, and blame you for the changes.

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