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Collectors - Anonymous employee Alere Employee Review

1.0
11 June 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Able to work with some good teams in the UK. Supplies were often on time. some office staff very helpful and grateful when you help them out on a rush job.

Cons

Culture of blame. Heavy on office politics. People promoted without correct skills which leads to clashes with better qualified but less senior staff. HR very focused on protecting management and ignoring alere handbook. Tendency to falsify figures to show to senior managers. Seniors managers do not have the skills to understand they are being manipulated sometimes. Staff are bullied to prevent them being promoted over their supervisors or managers if they had that ability. Will ignore advice from junior staff about customers needs or wants until this customer tries to pull out of contract.

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5.0
16 May 2025
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Pros

I worked at Alere for a year and I had a positive experience. I was surrounded by many talented colleagues across several functions. I learned a lot while working here.

Cons

No option to be remote

2.0
28 Aug 2014
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Pros

Location is convenient to those living in the valley and bay area. Casual dress code, and representatives on the floor (without laptops) are great.

Cons

Senior management is a joke. None of senior management has been promoted based on their ability to do the job, but rather instead of who's been there the longest, and who is favored. The employees are treated with such disrespect, not to mention overworked and underpaid. Managers and supervisors are never to be found. Policies are constantly changing with no notification, other than a write up for not following the new procedure. Sr. management plays favorites. When surveys were given to address issues within the company and how the company can do better, pay was the top concern from employees, but was not addressed, and is no longer on the surveys. Sr Management has violated HIPAA on numerous occasions and there have been 0 consequences. Do not confide any personal information to Sr. management because they clearly don't understand the meaning of confidential. This place is also very unstable right now, do no believe the hoopla they tell you during interviews on how great it is, and what great things they are doing. They have moved most of the jobs to the Philippines, chances are, yours is next.

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