Solugen Reviews

3.1

52% would recommend to a friend

(62 total reviews)
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Gaurab Chakrabarti

51% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

Solugen has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 62 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Solugen employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

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62 reviews
1.0
16 Jun 2024

Great place? No. Avoid? Yes. Fraud? Maybe.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The Solugen name carries some weight within the community with potential to pad a resume.

Cons

Mark my words they will be the next biotechnology belly flop. The technology is not there, leadership is inept, mismanagement of funds, layoffs aplenty, the list goes on. If you are a future employee, investor, or government agency please don’t buy the hype and avoid at all cost.

1.0
17 Nov 2024

Do Not Join Solugen. It's a Scam.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Competitive salary Good place for smart young to move up fast to the top if you are favored by co-founders.

Cons

On 11/5/24, Solugen cut one third of their workforce due to their financial outlook at risk. It's not a stable company to join. I highly discourage anyone considering joining Solugen. If you do join, you will find yourself to get asked to be up and running from the get-go without any proper training with the pressure to lose job otherwise. Even if you work hard by sacrificing your personal life and produce amazing outcome, you won't get recognition, unless you are favored by the co-founders, or other people will take credit for the great work you did. Even if you are good, the chance is very high you will most likely end up exiting Solugen due to the toxic culture or layoff. After you leave, they will manipulate people's mind and say that the reason for layoff was due to performance, not because of company's financial situation. This has been repeating multiple times over the years. They keep emphasizing company still has money in the bank, which seems very suspicious why they keep bringing that up. It makes people think they might actually not have enough money left in the bank account, so they had to let people go, then blaming on people's performance to cover up their unstable financial situation. Toxic & aggressive work culture. No work life balance. Favoritism is prevail. They exploit employees - Extremely Heavy workload, emphasis on high speed. No appreciation nor recognition on the hard work people do. Broken communication, silos, missing information in transit due to the emphasis on high speed. People are told to execute tasks at fast pace without much context provided. Due to the emphasis on fast speed, people don't have enough time to explain things to the person who will execute. Often important details and background info are missing in transit. As the result, it often leads to misaligned outcome and re-work.

1.0
2 Feb 2025

Toxic, Scam, Unhealthy Work Environment

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Bulk of employees are relatively nice. Upper management and C-suite are a different story.

Cons

I'll keep this short and sweet as my sentiment seems to be an emerging trend with recent reviews. It's clear where this company is headed and unless things change fast (which seems very unlikely based on how it's run) the future isn't very promising. 1)- The work environment is incredibly toxic. No understanding of work-life balance (especially if you work closely with the C-suite) with frequent weekend and late night asks. 2) Shady communication. Co-founders explicitly told the team there would be no more mass layoffs just a couple months before a mass layoff of about 1/3 of the entire company. The least transparent organization I have ever worked for. 3) Constantly changing business objectives and vision. It's clear that the public perception they are trying to paint doesn't align with what the company is able to produce and achieve. Theranos 2.0 in the making. 4) Little to no ability to advance career. Overall, if you are considering working for Solugen, I would steer very clear. Instead, look for a job that values your personal time, is transparent with staff, has a a clear vision of the future, and allows for growth.

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