Pros
1. It`s a pharmaceutical company in N.W. Indiana. Only one of it`s kind in the area. 2. Very exciting new way to administer pharmaceutical products. Similar to breath strips, it is placed on the tongue and dissolves into the bloodstream therefore greatly reducing the possibilities for abuse. 3. Clean work environment.
Cons
Top leadership located in New Jersey, hundreds of miles away from the actual production facility. This makes it easy for the on site supervisors to treat them like mushrooms (keep them in the dark and feed them bull feces.) They wish to portray an atmosphere of sweetness and light where every day is a holiday and every meal is a feast. Well friends, sorry to say, this is just not the case. When the sad but true reality is dragged out into the harsh light of day, it is an atmosphere of favoritism, fear, animosity and deflection. Lower level supervision continuously threaten the hourly employees with write ups and other disciplinary actions up to and including termination for mistakes that actually stem from weaknesses in the entire manufacturing processes and procedures. Therefore, hourly employees carry out their daily tasks as if the Sword of Damocles were hanging over their heads. They are terrified of losing their jobs, and as a direct result of this, are afraid to make any kind proactive moves right,wrong or indifferent. Supervisors (this group of inept,unethical and incompetent individuals..please stand up and take a bow, you know who you are) think nothing of treating people just like pawns in a game of chess and moving them around regardless of job title,standing in the company or seniority. And if they have to get someone fired to make an open spot for them to get their friends or neighbors a job, these sleazy individuals apparently have no problem doing that either. (I have seen it happen with my own 2 eyes) But wait! Believe it or not... it gets even better. That`s right folks, don`t touch that dial! They nurture what I like to call a (head in the sand) mentality. By that I mean they tell employees to do things a certain way and when they are called out for those actions, instead of owning up to their own lack of leadership, they deflect by saying "Oh i was not present when it happened or OMG I can`t believe that person is such an idiot. But regardless, the higher ups want someone`s head on a pike so at that point they choose a scapegoat and when that occurs, it`s only a matter of time. It`s like swimming with sharks, you know you`re going to be attacked and eaten.. you just don`t know when. By this mentality, I have personally seen more then a few EXCELLENT employees "thrown under the bus" and literally left for dead. Sorry to say, but this type of thing will continue to perpetuate itself until the individuals in charge are made to be held accountable for their actions(or lack thereof). And sadly, the company as a whole will never see it`s full potential because the folks in charge are asleep at the wheel. But SHHHH! don`t tell New Jersey. That would be a bad thing. Let`s talk about the work schedule for a quick second. If you`re hired as a machine operator or packer, kiss you`re life goodbye. More often than not, you`ll be working 12 hours a day, 7 days a week. If you want to take any vacation time(provided they ALLOW you to take your OWN vacation time) you are responsible for finding coverage for your shift. A responsibility that should be handled by..(you guessed it) supervision or at least a scheduling supervisor. But yet again,these people shirk their responsibilities in favor of trying to be "drinkin and bike ridin buddies" with the plant manager (keep you`re friends close ect. ect.) The "training program" I use the term loosely, basically consists of nothing more then being told to read literature pertaining to a particular process, signing off on the literature..and that`s it! You are considered "trained" with literally no hands on or other type of instruction.Due to this lacksadaisical approach toward training,it`s no small wonder that when the time comes to implement said training, coating scientists and operators are hesitant and afraid to actually perform said tasks for fear of repercussions like loss of employment. Manufacturing and production processes literally change daily. Sometimes even between 8 hour shifts! There is no resemblance of continuity in these processes. It is literally up to the quality supervisors who by the way, are ultimately responsible for the performance of operations and NOT the manufacturing supervisor and THAT my friends is why during my tenure at MonoSol Rx, I saw no less than 12, yes your eyes do not deceive you I said 12 quality supervisors come and go or as management is so quick to call it.."moving on to explore other opportunities". Oh what a blessing to have such a superb handle on the vernacular huh?? When mixing and coating issues result in the loss of product, there is actually a sort of arguement" among on site supervision as to who will let the corporate office know what happened. Again, they try to present the false facade that everything is just hunky dory at good `ole MonoSol Rx. It is this "smoke and mirrors" approach that will inevitably lead to the company`s downfall. Communication is almost non-existent between floor supervision and production which is responsible for 99 and 9/10ths per cent of daily issues. They are quick to open their pie holes to criticize but not so much with the whole communication thing. Let`s touch on recordable machine down time. During a manufacturing run, if problems occur such as mechanical failure due to a broken part,because of lack of organization by manufacturing supervisors or no replacement parts, do they look to improve those gaps in the process? Of course not! They relentlessly and continuously attack the operators with final written warnings, termination ect. Yep folks you guessed it..(the beatings will continue until morale improves) In closing, MonoSol Rx as a whole is quite the literal circus of disfunctionality. The right hand has no idea what the left hand is doing and coupled with the fact that it is being run by a group of people that could not find their behinds with both hands and a map, No, I do not believe that I would recommend working there. As a matter of fact, as I read these words and relive some of those moments, I firmly believe I would rather crazy glue my tongue to a fast moving bus.....