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Broughton Laboratories

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Company you cannot trust - Analytical Chemist Broughton Laboratories Employee Review

1.0
20 Sept 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

If you want an irritating place to travel to for work then it’s great. The car park has spaces. Floor staff are some of the best people.

Cons

The work is so incredibly simple and boring. It doesn’t require A Levels. There is absolutely no enjoyment in the place. Obsession with the barn is quite childish and negatively affects everything. No ventilation, and it’s insufficiently insulated. Insanely hot in summer, in winter too cold to actually carry out analytical work (often < 16°). Managers in their office get a fan. Managers and above are the least intelligent in the company. Their only talents are self-preservation, and pretending they care. Everyone above the floor employees is in on the entire con, and subsequently the only people that benefit from working here. The salaries? So incredibly low, they encourage no cross talk regarding salaries to hold back the tide. Can’t take the poser CEO seriously. Insincere to the point of nausea. Only a matter of time before the company is dead in the water.

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Broughton Laboratories Response
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Thank you for taking the time to review Broughton Laboratories. We are sorry to hear you found your work boring. Our aim is to support team members in pursuing a career they are passionate about, using the skills they demonstrate and understanding the areas of work they enjoy through personal development plans. Unfortunately, we have to disagree with your comment around an irritating place to travel. We are lucky to be based in a beautiful location just outside of Skipton, which following a recent survey conducted by Rightmove is the second happiest place to live in Great Britain. Our facility is set within the beautiful Yorkshire Dales, surrounded by meadow pastures and rivers. We offer plenty of free parking, a short walk to a bus route and a short journey to Skipton train station. We have fans, should we experience a week of particularly warm weather and heaters available should anyone need them. We would not hesitate to purchase more should they be requested. The building has air conditioning fitted within the laboratories. We are dedicated to providing a competitive salary in line with businesses of similar sizes and perform salary reviews on an annual basis. We are disappointed in your view of the management team. We encourage anyone that has any concerns to raise these at the time. If you would like to provide further feedback, please don’t hesitate to email me directly jcowgill@broughtonlaboratories.com

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