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Poor management - Forensic Scientist Key Forensic Services Employee Review

2.0
6 Jan 2022
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Pros

- I loved what I did, very proud of my work. - Some wonderful people work here and do an incredible job. - Very experience staff available to help new staff coming in. - Good stepping stone if you don’t mind low pay for experience. - Everyday was different.

Cons

- Poor pay for stress and workload. - Managers openly had favourites which meant that if new roles came out you had no chance of progression. - Rude lab supervisors who were unapproachable and had a ‘we are more important’ complex. Also openly (attempted whispering) made inappropriate comments about scientists, including homophobia and staff mental health issues. - High stress environment with lack of recognition. - A HR department that lacks ‘human’, the treatment of staff after terrible life events that effected their work was horrendous. - Managers on salaries higher than new staff could ever reach in their positions would preach about how the job is not about the money and you shouldn’t work here if you want money.

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5.0
1 Feb 2025
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Pros

The company is a good one to work for when you put in the time and effort into the Job, it’s not your average everyday office job and requires a high level of professionalism and a good work ethic. The management are very understanding of their staffs situations and try to accommodate the best they can while also ensuring the work for the company is covered too. There is great opportunities to progress in your career, I’ve seen lab techs become analysts and analysts become supervisors. Me personally have had the opportunity to train in a number of different areas of experience within my role.

Cons

The biggest Con that everyone says is the salary, which is lower than some other companies in the same sector for the level and type of work that is performed. However as a private sector company which has to turn a profit, they are very good at once a year (sometimes more) giving out their staff a pay rise to show the appreciation for all the hard work performed. Yes it’s frustrating for the staff to start on a lower wage, but everyone’s gotta start somewhere and for the level or experience most staff have coming into the job (most fresh out of Uni), it can’t be expected to be earning higher figure salaries.

1.0
17 Dec 2025
Recommend
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Pros

No pros. Quite simply a mistake to ever be there

Cons

Under valued Under paid Unrealistic expectations Supervisors gossip and are mean Supervisors think it’s popularity contest and don’t keep confidentiality

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