Metabolon Reviews

2.6

34% would recommend to a friend

(109 total reviews)
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Rohan F. Hastie

33% approve of CEO

24% positive business outlook

Metabolon has an employee rating of 2.6 out of 5 stars, based on 109 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Metabolon employee rating is 26% below average for employers within the Pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

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109 reviews
2.0
9 June 2020

Great Job Until it Wasn't

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Great health benefits - Subsidized snack bar - Great, smart people to work with and socialize with

Cons

- Poor transparency: Before COVID hit, one member of exec team told all employees there would be NO layoffs, we were just having a "short term cash flow situation". Employees were told that they "temporarily" wouldn't receive promised bonuses. Fast forward a month later, and almost half the company was put on furlough with NO warning to any middle or lower management. Fast forward one more month, and 10% of the company was laid off- again, with no warning or discussion with middle or lower management. - Low pay: Pay was really low for the work that was expected. The benefits did make up for some of it, but not all of it. - High turnover: I saw numerous turnovers of middle managers during my time there - The CEO doesn't seem to have a clue what the company is doing, scientifically or financially. It's being pulled in ten different directions at once. - HR was disastrous in handling laid off and furloughed employees. Communication and execution of this was poor to put it delicately. - Also, if you keep up with investing in biotech... Metabolon has been digging a deeper and deeper hole with loans and venture capital - Doesn't seem like the outlook is great overall

2.0
25 June 2020

Once great company gutted by clueless leadership

Anonymous employee
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Pros

-Innovative, exciting, and impactful technology -Interesting and diverse customer base -Smart and dedicated co-workers (well, some of them) -Great benefits -Attempts by HR to promote more inclusive and engaging company culture

Cons

-Leadership team is blinded by arrogance, greed, and cluelessness. They refuse to understand the technology's utility, shortcomings, and especially customer base. Most that did understand have left the company. -Company business strategy seems to be incrementally making it more difficult for customers to purchase and effectively use the data that otherwise is in high demand -Lack of company vision and business strategy. Often felt like "our customers are benefiting too much from our data, that's not fair, how do we stop that?" -Incredible inertia against needed changes to be implemented. For a company of only ~200 people, feels more like government bureaucracy (or worse). When decisions were actually made, communication was poor or nonexistent. -Marketing team refuses to understand customer persona, needs, and competition, nor do they have any sense of urgency. Competition is catching up quickly, yet decisions are made slowly and seemingly in a vacuum. Recent re-branding is lipstick on a pig and still doesn't address what customers are asking. -Reaction to COVID was to lay off many scientists at a supposedly science-based company

1.0
3 June 2024
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Pros

My managers on my direct team were amazing. They supported our entire team and any endeavors or goals that they had.

Cons

Everyone is overworked and underpaid. They have run out of staff because they keep doing lay offs, last one was 20% of the company, which means they've started asking other departments to do other people's jobs in completely opposite departments, which is also without an increase in pay, adjustment in job description, or recognition. The company is falling apart and they laid off so many great people with incredible talent because they are greedy and money hungry. Forced to work in office despite proving productivity at home over COVID. If they sold the office and just got a lab space maybe they could stop laying people off. They continually shove it down our throats that not hitting revenue is our fault. They do lay offs and then throw events right after, have no personal contribution to the layoffs (cameras off and sounded like a prerecorded video).

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