Pros
- Unlimited PTO so long that you are not abusing the system - A good majority of the people are great and easy-going -Very reasonable hours of work 95% of the time -Rewarding work that leaves a great impact on the pharmaceutical space -Complimentary lunches as well as a few extracurricular events annually
Cons
-The training in my department was lackluster at times and inconsistent between different people in the same department. Many people were trained differently and for varying amounts of time. I was officially trained for a little over 4 weeks and kind of just "thrown into the fire" afterwards, leading to a lot of headache and confusion with having a typically large workload to take on in a short period. People around you are willing to help which is great, but you are not always going to know if you are doing things wrong and it creates a lot of stress and inefficiencies for yourself and others you work alongside. There's a lot of variables and factors involved in the role and 2 weeks of reading for training combined with a few weeks of shadowing doesn't allow enough time to fully grasp every concept or to perform most things to a tee once you're on your own with a regular workload. Making training more interactive with the other departments being worked with would help immensely. -Some of the co-workers can be rude or unprofessional. Some of the scientists I worked around would be unresponsive to requests, or just straight-up rude if things didn't go their way a lot of the time. Many of the people involved were established employees who have been present and babied within the company for a long time. Many of these issues would often affect other departments, including mine, and lead to inefficiencies when meeting goals. - Work days can be very inconsistent since this role widely depends on the needs of others. Many days were very easy-going to the point of doing redundant tasks and leaving folks unengaged. Other days were overwhelmingly busy and it was very hard to establish a good medium a lot of the time.