It is okay to get experience in organic synthesis but not for a long term career. - Anonymous employee Intellisyn Employee Review

3.0
26 Jan 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

You can gain experience doing fairly simple chemistry. The company makes analogues for other pharmaceutical companies on a contract basis, hence Intellisyn is called a CRO or contract reaearch organization.

Cons

Fairly straightforward chemistry is used in this company. If you have a PhD or even a Masters in Orgo, you are overqualified. The company sells itself as a place where drug discovery happens, but in reality chemists here are just making compounds for other companies and we never get to know the results since that information is confidential. The brutal reality of CROs like Intellisyn is that they enable chemists to be employed to do the chemistry work of larger pharmaceutical companies, but with lower pay and benefits that they would otherwise make if they worked for the larger pharmaceutical companies directly.

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5.0
15 July 2021
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Pros

I have good co-workers and a hands off boss with once a week reporting. Fast paced workplace, a split of MedChem and synthesis projects. Taken lots of opportunities to learn MedChem through company sponsored courses and conferences. Benefits in line with my friends at comparable companies. Boss took Covid very seriously and changed rules quickly to adapt to unfolding pandemic.

Cons

Chemistry drawing program used can be finnicky. Some of the laboratory equipment is old.

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1.0
3 June 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

good to fresh graduates, you must start thinking to level up after 2 years working there, more than 2 means time wasting. The environment is very similar to TRC, Toronto, The pays is ok

Cons

The company is run by one person, poorly managed and wiggly foundation, for fresh graduates is good but that about it. also, the company has a HIGH turn over for reason.

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