A company with a lot of potential - Scientist LabGenius Employee Review

3.0
3 Mar 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Colleagues are passionate, incredibly clever and helpful. You can always rely on someone lending you a hand when it's busy. The company has an honourable goal to help develop medicines. A good stepping stone out of academia into industry.

Cons

High turnover rate due to employee burnout and ineffective project management. Flexible working is advertised however in reality there's a big push to return to the office full time.

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LabGenius Response
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Thank you for your review of LabGenius, and I’m sorry that your experience at the company isn’t currently as positive as it should be. I’m glad that you have found your colleagues to be passionate about our mission. We put a lot into ensuring that we hire individuals with values that align with our own and I’m incredibly proud to work with such a collaborative team. That said, I am disappointed to hear about some of your other experiences. At LabGenius, the physical, mental, and financial health of our team is prioritised without exception, and we make a conscious effort to nurture it in all forms. The pandemic took a toll on us all, and we recognise that life for some during this time was incredibly difficult — we didn’t get everything right the first time. That’s why we have since refocused our efforts on the roll out of a gold standard employee benefits package, which includes increased pension contributions, private medical insurance, and more time off with increased flexibility, to name a few. Wherever possible, we encourage flexible working and hybrid working patterns at LabGenius. Due to the nature of our work, often no two roles are the same, and therefore we are keen to avoid implementing a one-size-fits-all approach. Instead, to ensure that each role is given due consideration, we work on a case-by-case basis, and tailor working patterns to the individual and the requirements of their role. Having said that, the reality is that a large percentage of our workforce are wet-lab scientists and that’s the type of work that often can’t be done from home. If you would like to discuss any topics in more detail, I would really like to hear from you, so please don’t hesitate to contact me directly. James, CEO & Founder

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5.0
26 May 2023
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Pros

LabGenius is a fantastic company to work for filled with amazing scientists who are kind, supportive and amazing at what they do. I’m genuinely proud to be part of the company and excited for the future as we are seeing some truly incredible results in such a short space of time. The team has produced best-in-class molecules from our ML driven platform which is fed with high quality data from robotic automation. This is no easy feat, we all come from different technical backgrounds and through trust, communication and teamwork this has been achievable - a credit to everyone in the team who has and continue to make this possible. We have a highly experienced senior management team who are approachable, helpful and importantly, know what they’re doing and what direction to go in from their years of experience in drug discovery. Like others have said, our CEO gives everything to the company and strives to improve the company every day. There is a very generous benefits package including regular company events, health insurance, budget & time for training and mental health support to name just a few.

Cons

Tight deadlines. This is to be expected with any biotech startup and is part of the reason for success. I’ve found team members are always happy to lend a hand to meet any tight deadlines to help split the load and reduce any stress.

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5.0
23 May 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

the people that work here now are all amazing now as a few bad eggs are gone that created a toxic and bullying environment as you can tell by the co-ordinated recent negative reviews - they continue to show no respect for the 50+ people that work here by leaving reviews containing lies that demean all the good hard work we have put in The platform is great as supported by evidence in our recent poster at the PEGs conference which you can see on the website and everyone really is working hard to build out our pipeline and work on collaborations. Socials are great too and benefits.

Cons

Like any biotech start-up there are tight deadlines, things can change quickly meaning you have to be able to pivot. Nothing unique to this company. The career progression wasn't very clear but the team are working on it and it's definitely improved. I spoke with my manager about career development recently and I feel it's going in the right direction.

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