After my first day I saw numerous red flags which caused me to contact another job I turned down earlier to accept their job offer, which they accepted and I am currently with thank GOODNESS. The first red flag I realized was that they had ZERO experienced employees. All their techs have all quit due to issues in the lab. The second red flag was the visiting lab techs from other corporate offices who helped us move from the old lab to the new lab directly told me this particular lab was horribly managed and as a result a disaster. When I see no happy employees, lab turnover so high that they cannot keep even keep bodies in the lab, and a chain smoking manager who doesnt know when to just go home, I know that this is not a healthy place to work. This lab was the most poorly managed place I have ever seen.....Out of any company I have ever worked for....When you work on-call, or not, you will be expected to work 12-15 hours a day even when it is not necessary. Just remember when you go there for an interview...Look around in the lab..actually talk to the lab techs when the manager is not around and ask how long they have been there and how many hours a week they average when they are on call and not on call....that is if there are any lab techs left. When I left there was one tech left who already put in his notice to quit due to the ridiculous amount of stress and hours placed on him in the lab. Also, this lab needs 4-5 lab techs working on two shifts like every other Inspectorate lab in the United States, not 1 lab tech working 12-15 hours a day 7 days a week.
My last day of work, after working 13 hours, the manager stated that she was missing her 7 year old sons birthday AGAIN due to the demands of work...That is horrible, and who would want to work in a lab where that sort of work ethic is expected.