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If you're a new grad with no other options, go ahead - Validation Engineer International Medication Systems Employee Review

2.0
11 Aug 2021
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Pros

If you're able to stick here for a year, you'll be able to have enough on your resume to get another Validation job with decent pay if that's something you're interested in. Update your LinkedIn profile!

Cons

Low pay Overtime (weekends, nights) 4 sick days a year that expire each year Your experience will be heavily dependent on who else happens to be working in the department at the time. A lot of knowledge is inherited by word of mouth, so if you're with all newcomers (as is likely the case with the high turnover rate), good luck. Company is filled with outdated technology and poor management which make seemingly simple projects needlessly complicated. If you care about the quality of your work and have the ability to think about what you're doing, you will question your ethical values every time you have to write a deviation report. You'll learn to do what you have to to get by and try to protect yourself as much as possible in an industry that is only about profit. If all you care about it is career goals and maximum salary, then this is an okay place to start if you don't have a good enough resume to get a job anywhere else and are willing to take a hit for a couple years while building up your resume. If you have any other values, then working here will definitely make you question whether this is a good industry to work in.

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5.0
4 Mar 2023
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Pros

Straightforward work. Good entry level job that allows you to gain experience. On the higher end scale for chemistry entry positions in SoCal

Cons

Little to no upward movement.

3.0
7 Aug 2025
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Pros

This is a great stepping stone to gain actual laboratory experience outside of college. There are lots of instruments and different tests to learn and perform to get a good start in this career path. The lead and senior chemist are very helpful when it comes to asking questions since they actually know what they're talking about. They also don't push their own work onto you.

Cons

Unfortunately the manager and remaining coworkers don't really know what they're talking about and when you ask for further clarification, they get mad and start berating you. They also treat all new people like they're stupid and should know everything. There's a reason new people are considered new people. The other "self-proclaimed" seniors also like to push their work onto you while they just sit at their seats playing with their phones. This is unfortunately common since all new people are treated this way, Examples are include throwing away samples, logging in reagents, making copies, taking over their tests, cleaning up after their messy lab benches, etc.

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