Good stepping stone - Research Associate III Lygos Employee Review

Unlimited PTO, great team and company

Difficult to project future of company

Best benefits I've ever had - fully covered health insurance, a flexible PTO policy + a fully 1-2 weeks off at the end of the calendar year, unlimited sick time, and a flexible day-to-day work schedule, and competitive salary. However, some (mostly poc) were admonished for using PTO while others (mostly white men) took insane amounts of PTO.

This job gave me nightmares. I had nightmares and stress dreams pretty much the entire time I was at the job. I continued to have nightmares for months after. I left in 2024 and I still have scars on my face from the stress acne it caused. The benefits were the best I’ve ever had at a job, but I’m much less stressed at my current job, though I work longer hours and get paid less. The experience can vary, but overall, management was emotionally abusive, manipulative, neglectful of their own responsibilities, and placed blame on people below them. I am a woman and I noticed other women of color were treated this way too. I was consistently accepted to work late, come in person daily, etc. while others (mostly white people) “worked” from home multiple days and took weeks of PTO (we had a flexible PTO policy). I was ultimately both fired and laid off. They claimed I was underperforming, though I had never had a performance review. Most managers even said not to bother setting any goals. I never had any warnings about my performance and I was at the job for less than 6 months. Additionally, I had completed many projects successfully in that time. I know that a company that prioritizes a sexist, abusive managers will only end up in the gutter.