Clinical Lab Specialist - Clinical Laboratory Specialist Vitalant Employee Review

1.0
7 Dec 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

None. RUN AS FAST AS POSSIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cons

Supervisor always tired and grouchy. Not a team environment unless you have been there years. Constant political talk and bashing of the president of the United States of America. Does not explain anything just does it. While I was was suppose to be trained or observed I was not. I was running instruments alone. I was never trained on an entire block of expectations. I was told I was performing good by most techs and should be signed off on etc etc. I was told by QC manger training is usually a 6 month ordeal then management said because of my previous experience I should have completed this all within 90 days. Whenever I would come in I was sent straight to the flow room alone no supervision, I would run flow NOT SIGNED OFF for 1st shift. NO TRAINING AT ALL NO FEEDBACK except from one tech. This is not the future of stem cell therapy. The techs take shortcuts. Tell you to do something a certain way then do it a totally different way. Watched techs forge other techs initials. Techs do not know the difference between immature neutrophils and lymphs. Compared to the the hematology analyzer everyone was way off by over 20. I was told I was under performing and due to my previous experience I should be excelling. One of the areas I was never trained on, the other area I was fully competent (told I was not competent but if you go back and look at all the flow sheets I ran them!), and the third area I had roughly 5 times to do. Whenever someone was too busy I was sent into a corner to read SOP's for hours while the other tech talked about her sexual conquests.

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Cons

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Vitalant Response
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Thank you for your review and for being part of the Vitalant team for more than eight years. We are happy to hear that your team helps make Vitalant an enjoyable place to work. The dedication, collaboration, and support our employees provide each day are essential to our mission and the patients who rely on us. Thank you for your continued commitment and for the impact you make. Your contributions are vital.
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Pros

The pay was nice and some of the coworkers were great to work with.

Cons

It’s a for profit company hiding behind a non profit mask. They don’t care about their employees or the patients they’re supposed to care for. The coworkers I worked with directly in my lab were amazing, but the people in the reference lab were extremely rude. Heaven forbid you call the reference lab on a Saturday and the on call tech has to come in to work on a stat sample. You instantly become their verbal punching bag, especially if you interrupted their grocery shopping. Policies change randomly and nobody bothers communicating anything properly. We used to get 5.25 hours of PTO every two weeks, then they changed it to 3 hours of PTO. If 1st shift is short staffed, they constantly pull people from 2nd and 3rd shift, leaving those shifts short too. But when 2nd or 3rd shift is struggling, nobody from 1st shift ever stays to help. People also get fired out of nowhere, then they turn around and hire less qualified friends and family members to work in the lab. They’ll fire someone with degree in medical laboratory science and who has been there for 3 years claiming they “don’t meet minimum requirements,” then hire the director’s friend with a computer science degree a week later.

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Vitalant Response
1mo
Thank you for sharing your feedback and for your years of service supporting our mission. We’re glad to hear you had positive experiences with some of your coworkers and found the work meaningful. We recognize the importance of strong communication, consistent leadership support, and a respectful work environment across all teams and shifts. Feedback like yours helps provide insight into areas where we can continue improving the employee experience. We encourage employees to raise concerns directly with leadership or HR so they can be appropriately reviewed and addressed. We wish you the best in your future endeavors.
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