Awful!!! Dangerous!!! Not managed right at all!!! - Phlebotomist Octapharma Plasma Employee Review

1.0
12 Mar 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

There is not really many pros to working here but the experience.

Cons

Everything about this place is garbage. If you are not friends with management you probably not going anywhere in this company. There is no way to get noticed from anyone to advance in any way. It doesn't matter how long you work there or the experience you have if you are friends or dating management you will probably be stuck at the bottom making almost minimum wage. We all went to school. There is no raise system. And when you get your yearly observation there is no way to have a perfect score. The management is clueless in how to run this place. The pay is poor... They let anything with a heart beat come thru the doors and donate... Dangerous and unsanitary workplace and we are not compensated right. If it wasn't for me building a case against this place and my lawyer telling me to stick it out I would have already left. If anyone could help us out it would greatly be appreciated. As you can see from the reviews they are awful. I think it will be not only a help to the community and our pockets if we can expose this place of what it really is. It is an exploitation of some sorts I know it.

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
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Pros

* Flexible scheduling coordination between coworkers (when staffing allows, just work it out amongst yourselves, I promise you will regret involving managers in there), including opening and closing shifts * Exposure to fast-paced, high-volume clinical and donor-facing workflow * Opportunity to collaborate with coworkers across multiple operational roles * Experience adapting to shifting responsibilities across screening, production, and medical support functions * Direct involvement in donor care workflow and real-time clinical operations

Cons

* Attendance/point system lacks nuance for real-world emergencies, including natural disasters or unavoidable delays * Minor tardiness (even with communication) can result in disciplinary points * Absences and no-call/no-shows are treated similarly within a narrow point threshold system * In practice, employees can reach termination thresholds quickly without contextual consideration * Perceived inconsistency in application of attendance and scheduling policies * Some schedule adjustments or accommodations appear to be applied selectively or inconsistently * Communication around enforcement and policy changes is not always clearly standardized * Investigation and disciplinary processes can feel simultaneous rather than neutral * Employees involved in reported incidents may perceive outcomes as predetermined during review processes * This creates concern that corrective actions may be initiated before full context is established * Role instability for clinical staff during shifts * Employees are frequently reassigned between clinical and operational tasks * This can create tension between maintaining patient care responsibilities and meeting production demands * Repeated task switching can impact workflow efficiency and staff focus * Operational restructuring often increases workload on remaining staff * Staffing shortages are frequently managed through redistribution of duties rather than adding coverage * This results in overlapping responsibilities and reduced downtime during shifts

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