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DTS Food Laboratories

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Poor management will drive this company into the ground - Chemistry Analyst DTS Food Laboratories Employee Review

1.0
31 July 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

This is a decent place to start your analytical career. The day to day work is fairly mundane and easy and your peers are some of the most supportive and understanding people you will meet.

Cons

There are so many to list, but a few include: - Ever since BV has sunken its claws into DTS, work morale is at an all time low. There is a strong distrust with all management, even including HR. - Management do not consult analysts when overhauling a system. They just do as they please without regard for the opinion of those using said systems. The only thing they consider is how pretty something looks, not it’s efficiency. - For a lab that is considered the leader in food testing, quality is at an all time low. Management only care about high throughput and will force you to cut corners to make the deadlines due to severe pressures from upper management. - Management DO NOT, I repeat DO NOT listen to their staff at all. I have never heard of a company that has disregarded the voice of their employees to this extent. It is appalling to see management act like this. - Constant restructures resulting in more redundancies, that are either backfilled with new,lower-paid staff or none at all. - Minimum wage for all staff no matter their experience creating lack of motivation to strive for better. All of this and many more will become apparent if you work for this company (now known as BVAQ). I cannot stress how much the entire workforce at this company wants management to change, but at the rate they are going everyone will be leaving. All experienced staff have slowly left this company due to management and I only see this trend continuing. There are many middle managers that are unsuited for their roles as they lack the experience/knowledge and it shows in their leadership. I also cannot stress how much this place has declined in quality.

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1.0
15 May 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The location is the only positive aspect of this company.

Cons

Toxic culture stemming from upper management. Complete disregard for staff mental health and safety and laboratory staff treated as simply a number. No opportunities for career growth.

1.0
16 May 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The location is the only remotely positive benefit. Unless you are a recent immigrant or desperately looking for some laboratory experience, my advice is to stay well away.

Cons

This company has one of the highest staff turn over rates in Australia which is not at all surprising. There is no variation in the work; you spend every minute of every day doing microbiological testing aside from cleaning of laboratory areas at the end of the working day. There is no feeling of a healthy working culture or a cohesive team environment, nor opportunities for personal growth and development. The worst aspect of working at DTS is by far the management within the microbiology department who are all incompetent and have zero compassion or sympathy if you are ill or sick. The measurable KPI's set by management is also often unattainable due to the automated machine used to label and dispense the various plates is often broken due to inadequate funding to repair the machine to a continuously working standard. You are also expected to stand all day long aside from break times, and to stand on a hard concrete floor. There is also a severe lack of safety within the workplace, with trolleys crammed in the media storage fridges so you are forced to navigate around narrow areas in order to reach consumables.

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