Time@Lonza - Bioprocess Engineer Lonza Employee Review

2.0
23 Sept 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Career Development. Many projects to gain broad experience from a manufacturing/operations point of view. Chance to experience CDMO business at the supposed "Tier One" level.

Cons

Toxic work environment. Management styles vary wildly across teams, projects and departments. Fundamental leadership skills are non-existent in teams. Respect is absent in the company ethos and across teams. No subsidised lunches or meals. No gym on site, no real events involving team building. Serious lack of experienced employees in technical positions. Double standard when it comes to job responsibilities. Corporate politics runs rampant here.

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5.0
8 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Diverse opportunities across departments as one wanted

Cons

Provide decent pay and benefits

2.0
23 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Compensation (for higher level associates/senior management positions)

Cons

1) Work/life balance - leaders don't honor paid time off. Many teams expect you to be available during paid time off periods 2) Benefits - employer doesn't offer employer-subsidized vision insurance 3) Holidays - employer doesn't offer MLK Day and Juneteeth as paid days off, indicating how little they value diversity, inclusion, and belonging 4) Promotions - political; not based on merit 5) Mandated 5 day return-to-office to enable "in person collaboration" while at the same time offshoring jobs to cheaper markets. 6) PTO - based on tenure, but I think Lonza prefers high turnover so they don't have to give people time off (if they even honor it in the first place - see con 1) 7) Lack of harmonization - for an established CDMO, I was surprised at the level of misalignment between sites and the lack of standardization of processes

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