Don't work here--Run away as fast as you can - Anonymous employee Lonza Employee Review

1.0
11 May 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Decent benefits, easy commute, friendly people

Cons

If you are looking for a job in the pharmaceutical/biotech industry, there are better places to work in the Frederick MD area. The salaries are not equivalent to similar jobs in the industry, on average about 20-30% lower. People use the Walkersville facility as a training ground and leave in a year or two. Senior management is constantly changing and completely ineffectual. The facilities are not well maintained and it is difficult to get new equipment. Most people are overworked. The HR department does not support the employee and does not keep information confidential. Management tends to govern by fear and rumor. Finally, the talent here is nonexistent. Every smart person has already left- which contributes to the year over year double digit turnover.

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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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