Pros
The technology is cool and can potentially be impactful, the people are all good scientists with Good intentions at heart.
Cons
has absolutely no order to its structure and who reports to who, management is run by one person who makes all the decisions and goes unchecked. The labs are unorganized and this results in mistakes, things are not clearly labeled and their is no check in or check out system, everything is by paper record that often is incomplete and incorrect. There is no training or on boarding process and complicated biological procedures such as cell culture are taught on the fly and in many cases are taught wrong, this leads to mistakes or poor technique. Mistakes are not tolerated at all, and theres never an excuse. The labs are regulated poorly and data is often cherry picked or manipulated to appear good in reports. Work weeks are long and on average 50-70 hours minimum, with no recognition or compensation for long hours worked, its expected that you come in on weekends and stay late, and will reflect negatively if you do not do such. All of this makes for a poor culture and morale among employees, there is often tension and infighting, the manager will have it out with scientists in front of colleagues, yelling is a common occurrence, and most employees talk about and make fun of how they are underpaid and over worked. The CEO will drop F bombs in the company meetings and lambast employees for not reaching goals. There is a high turnover rate at this company.
