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Burnout and Stressful
A lot is put on you and very little help is given for you able to do your work in the time frame that you are given to complete your work . overtime is a given and it is normal to go into a late day and not be paid for overtime as its expected
A Farse
They won't make people full time and find loopholes in the law to offer alternative short contracts to accommodate this strategy.
They now give 7 month contracts to interns rather then employ people.
Massive turnover of staff and those that stay are out on stress. The companies answer is to blame employees and send them to a physiotherapist.
They now give 7 month contracts to interns rather then employ people.
Massive turnover of staff and those that stay are out on stress. The companies answer is to blame employees and send them to a physiotherapist.
Pros
None
Cons
Just about everything
Previous GMP Experience Needed!
If you don't have previous Pharma experience, then this is NOT the place for you.
The recruitment policy of hiring through Agencies means little chance of getting a full time contract. Most new hires are through an agency and don't get the benefits of "Full Time" contracts.
In house recruitment team & agencies paint a completely different picture of what it's like to work there compared to reality.
In reality, everyone is super stressed and see it as a chore to train new starters. You don't get all of the info. required to complete your job.
Almost all managers are more concerned with KPI's rather than on-boarding new starters. My manager avoided one-to-one contact which meant zero relationship with him and no hope of a contract extension.
Do NOT leave a full time contract for here, no matter what they promise! Having left a permanent 20 year job on the promise that the "grass was greener", this soon became evident it wasn't.
The people you work with are all top quality & will help out when they can. Never had an issue with anyone not in management.
I've never witnessed a group of workers so stressed / scared to make a mistake, for fear of serious reprimand / sacking.
The recruitment policy of hiring through Agencies means little chance of getting a full time contract. Most new hires are through an agency and don't get the benefits of "Full Time" contracts.
In house recruitment team & agencies paint a completely different picture of what it's like to work there compared to reality.
In reality, everyone is super stressed and see it as a chore to train new starters. You don't get all of the info. required to complete your job.
Almost all managers are more concerned with KPI's rather than on-boarding new starters. My manager avoided one-to-one contact which meant zero relationship with him and no hope of a contract extension.
Do NOT leave a full time contract for here, no matter what they promise! Having left a permanent 20 year job on the promise that the "grass was greener", this soon became evident it wasn't.
The people you work with are all top quality & will help out when they can. Never had an issue with anyone not in management.
I've never witnessed a group of workers so stressed / scared to make a mistake, for fear of serious reprimand / sacking.
Pros
People, facilities, canteen
Cons
Lack of mentoring, most managers concerned with KPI's rather than developing people
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Fast paced new labs
Excellent location for gaining a variety of experience.
Very fast paced environment, that did not cater very well when troubleshooting issues arose. Sometimes deadlines were created without realistic expectations realised.
Overtime mandatory.
Very fast paced environment, that did not cater very well when troubleshooting issues arose. Sometimes deadlines were created without realistic expectations realised.
Overtime mandatory.
Pros
Many holidays and good benefits
Cons
Long hours, lackluster guidance
Learned a lot, great people
I worked here as part of their co-op placement program for 6 months (paid college placement)
Typical day involved closing a wide variety of I.T tickets and keeping a constant supply of freshly imaged laptops available to be used as temporary replacements and for new workers
Learned new skills such as using Active Directory to manage email distribution lists and manage network account i.e password resets account lockouts
Most enjoyable part of the job was going around to the different areas and meeting new people while working on tickets
Typical day involved closing a wide variety of I.T tickets and keeping a constant supply of freshly imaged laptops available to be used as temporary replacements and for new workers
Learned new skills such as using Active Directory to manage email distribution lists and manage network account i.e password resets account lockouts
Most enjoyable part of the job was going around to the different areas and meeting new people while working on tickets
Pros
work day was 8 to 4.30, 3.30 on fridays
Cons
chips only served on a certain day in cafeteria
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productive, positively challenging environment to work in.
Sanofi Ireland Waterford, (formerly Genzyme Ireland Ltd), is a great place to work, the area of the business in which I was employed was the site CAPEX projects function which is a positively challenging area working to schedules and timelines with both cross-functional teams and project management team and of course vendors.
The working environment is always hive of positivity and the workplace culture encourages a sense of ownership and entrepreneurship in the working day.
The working environment is always hive of positivity and the workplace culture encourages a sense of ownership and entrepreneurship in the working day.
Pros
GPTW...Early finish on Friday... work life balance.
Cons
No bonus structure or health care foe contractors
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