Good people. Low satisfaction and reward. - Process Development Engineer II Lonza Employee Review

3.0
6 Dec 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Low politics as too much to do. Exposure high due to lean organization. Good people in my team.

Cons

OT. Long hours sometimes get calls during off hours. CMO, we are subject to customer demands typically. Reward is pretty low I feel. For me, low satisfaction and we don't see or realistically k of the impact of the products we are making.

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Cons

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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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