Great place to work - Manufacturing Associate III Lonza Employee Review

4.0
30 Aug 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Will hire people straight out of college, always something new to learn, a lot of good people work here, benefits are great, lots of time off especially if you have worked here a long time. Great job security.

Cons

High turnover rate makes working as a team difficult when there are always untrained associates on the floor. This can probably be attributed to the work schedule and the pay. The schedule works great for some people who don't mind working 12 hour days/nights and every other weekend but I know a lot of people who have left because of it. The pay is also less than what you can make in Mass.

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

Compensation (for higher level associates/senior management positions)

Cons

1) Work/life balance - leaders don't honor paid time off. Many teams expect you to be available during paid time off periods 2) Benefits - employer doesn't offer employer-subsidized vision insurance 3) Holidays - employer doesn't offer MLK Day and Juneteeth as paid days off, indicating how little they value diversity, inclusion, and belonging 4) Promotions - political; not based on merit 5) Mandated 5 day return-to-office to enable "in person collaboration" while at the same time offshoring jobs to cheaper markets. 6) PTO - based on tenure, but I think Lonza prefers high turnover so they don't have to give people time off (if they even honor it in the first place - see con 1) 7) Lack of harmonization - for an established CDMO, I was surprised at the level of misalignment between sites and the lack of standardization of processes

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