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Azenta Life Sciences

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Not a place to stay at if you want to grow your career - NGS Associate Scientist I Azenta Life Sciences Employee Review

1.0
30 Jun 2022
Recommend
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Pros

It helped to get a salary job as a recent college graduate and you are granted about 20 days of PTO. This is a good place to go to if you have no other options and need a stepping stone to the scientist positions you really want.

Cons

Pay is $10K lower than most comparable jobs in the same field for the same positions. Covert biases of race and gender; if you are not liked by management or not the right color or gender, they'll never let you move to other depts despite promising to. False promises of being told that you will be moved to library prep or sequencing or extraction after being trained in sample QC (a broken system that makes sample QC a trap for some workers). High turnover rate coupled with a severe lack of training and trainers leads to so much tension in feeling like a burden having to ask for help or training from your coworkers who are busy with their own workload. An emphasis for quality AND quantity on paper, but really just a push for quantity and to heck with quality of results in real life. Management also many times created extra steps that take more time to ensure quality, but also would push workers to maintain the same speed or speed up despite it clearly not being possible. Just understand that this place should only be a stepping stone on your path to the rest of your career as there is a lot of office politics and it can negatively affect you if you stay too long.

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5.0
3 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

I like the company and my job. Our team is great, leadership is supportive. The office is really nice. It is a good job

Cons

Nothing really important to mention.

4.0
9 Apr 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Collaboration: The cross-functional collaboration here is genuinely one of the stronger aspects of working at Azenta. Whether you're working across departments or geographies, people are generally willing to show up and work through problems together. It doesn't feel siloed the way a lot of companies do. Culture: The culture feels human. People actually seem to care about each other, which isn't something you can say everywhere. There's a level of psychological safety that makes it easier to speak up, take initiative, and do good work without constantly watching your back. Leadership: Leadership is visible and accessible in a way that's not always the case at companies this size. There's a genuine effort to communicate direction and keep people informed, and you can tell the people at the top actually care about the mission.

Cons

Compensation & Benefits: Compensation and benefits haven't kept pace with the market. For the level of skill and experience the company expects, the total package doesn't always reflect that. If you're coming from a larger org or comparing offers, it can be a sticking point. Onsite Presence: The expectation around onsite presence feels out of step with where the industry has landed post-pandemic. Flexibility is limited, and for roles where remote work is fully viable, the requirement to be in the office regularly doesn't always have a clear business justification. IT Equipment: You don't get much say in your hardware or software setup. For people who do their best work with specific tools or have preferences around operating systems and devices, the one-size-fits-all IT approach can be a real friction point, especially in roles that are heavily computer-dependent.

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