Bio-Techne Reviews

Pros

Competitive benefits Some genuinely helpful colleagues HR trying to create a collaborative culture internally Working for established and respected brands Interesting product offering from protein reagents, instruments to genomics and diagnostics Customers appreciate the quality of products

Cons

Pay raises could be a lot better Shares are expensive to buy, need a significantly improved share scheme Pressure and workload can be at times high Some over-stretched teams need to be given more resources Can be hard to feel part of the bigger organization

Advice to Management

Look after your employees and they will stay loyal Keep up the communication to all the workers across the world

Pros

It is a good place to work, convenient easy access location, pleasant environment, relatively relaxed.

Cons

Minneapolis location is the historical location and top management does not invest much in growth at this location. Because of that, career advancement is limited.

Pros

Get along with most employees.

Cons

Bad pay, poor management, no appreciation for long term job commitment

Advice to Management

Pay more

Pros

Great company and staff! EPIC people!

Cons

leadership needs to improve.

Advice to Management

People don't leave bad company's. They leave bad leaders.

Pros

Let's see.....um..It's a job. It all depends on your Manager.

Cons

If you prefer out of control Management and a worthless HR who laughs at company meetings that they are off "probation" from swearing at employees this is the place for you !. If you appreciate being under staffed and low pay along with huge amounts of favortism, this is definatly the place for you. If you like a place where graduates quit after a month again this is the right place for you.

Advice to Management

Get a clue and learn how to treat people. Scientists do not automatically make good Management especially when they verbalize it to employees.

Pros

Nice work environment opportunity for growth

Cons

Runs operations beyond lean Lack of focus on one thing. Management is always pulling many directions so focus is never aligned and end product is not what it could be. Starting pay is low and expectations do not align with pay scale Some veteran management are afraid to ask for resources because they feel they will be looked at negatively. One person can only do so much before they burn out. Much of the work is...

Advice to Management

Instead of investing in all of the executive staff or upper management invest in bringing on some new support positions and pay the support staff. The expectation of job performance is much greater than what you are willing to pay which is why there is major turnover and little stability in some of the support areas. Get rid of the EPIC culture BS. It started off with good intentions and then has grown into this creation...

Pros

Very good benefits. Those who complain about benefits don't know what most companies offer. Bio-Techne is better than most.

Cons

Average 401k and PTO/holiday schedule. Average pay

Advice to Management

Look to best practices outside of Bio-Techne. There are easy ways to fix problems and find betters ways to do certain things.

Pros

Smaller teams make work flows much more desirable especially in a lab setting.

Cons

Some deadlines expected by upper management seem extremely unattainable. Can be tough to voice concerns up the ladder.