Dont do it - Chemist Manchester Organics Employee Review

Basically if youre struggling for a job out of uni, its an ok gap filler and youll learn a lot. But if you do take a job here dont stop looking for other jobs because you will become a shell of yourself after 6-8months here. Honestly left this company with every part of my mental and physical energy having been beaten out of me. I stopped enjoying chemistry and am still struggling to enjoy it again. Staff are expected to work for a very low wage and have to jump through hoops to get any sort of raise, even takes a fight for some staff to get the yearly inflation increase. Staff are overworked and will certainly not get a raise or promotion unless they work unpaid overtime on weekdays. Safety is not number one priority, probably not even number 10 priority. If you raise concerns, youll likely get laughed at and made to feel stupid. Senior staff are allowed to get away with anything because 'they make us money'. No formal training will be provided, except on the expensive QC equipment. So if youre a graduate chemist, expect to just be thrown straight into work and then told youre insufficient when you struggle. Theres a general blame culture within the upper management, where any problem that is raised to them gets blamed on another department manager. Rather than fixing the problem they normally just complain about each other to the staff. Could write a whole essay on the expectation of staff and the lack of resources to meet these expections but basically if you want to problem solve chemistry you can't. Most problems could be solved if management had more respect for their staff and improved communication.