Pros
You get to learn about multiple roles I guess. Shift time is flexible. (8.5 hours total, starting sometime between the hours of 7am and 9am). They "allow" you to take unpaid vacation, and PTO requests are usually accepted.
Cons
Does NOT have a strong benefits package, or generous PTO or healthcare, despite what a previous review said. The PTO vacation policy is 0 days for your first year here, and 5 days per year after that - accrued, not upfront, and doesn't increase over your time worked here, as far as I'm aware. The sick days policy is the legally mandated minimum of 5 days per year, given after your 120 day probation period. There is a 3% 401k match, but only 25% of that is vested per year worked here. They cover only 50% of your health insurance, and DO NOT pay for your dental insurance, despite being a dental company. The pay is also NOT competitive. The starting pay for a Chemical Processor is 42k/year, which is $20.19/hr, and I'm sure some people here get paid even less than that. For reference, the minimum pay for a fast food job (like McDonalds) in California is $20/hr at the time of writing this review. Also, the company is growing too fast to handle, There is a constant demand to increase the amount of work done in a given day, without much support in the form of either hiring new employees or better equipment. This does result in some employees having to do hybrid roles, like production/R&D, or R&D/validation, or production/warehouse. Be prepared to wear multiple hats and to do job duties you didn't sign up for. There are vague attempts in that direction though, but it might be too little too late. Along this line, deadlines just seem arbitrary, and the relevant departments aren't consulted for the actual timeline of the projects, or if they are - it's usually too late, because training new people when you're already under an intense workload is not necessarily the best idea. I've also seen a lot of people fired without notice, so I wouldn't say you have job security here. The safety is also a little sketchy. The production room does not have proper ventilation for the processing of fumed silica nanoparticles that happens in there. They do provide P100 masks though, which I guess is technically okay. There also isn't a fume hood in the lab, despite working with 25% sulfuric acid, and glacial acetic acid during routine titrations. (The company might also be racist, but I don't have hard evidence to support this - just a lack of African Americans working here.)