Midwest Laboratories Reviews

- management is clueless to what your workload consists of - no performance based raises -raises limited to once a year, typically 3% for cost of living - HR department turnover is outrageous resulting in a HR department not familiar with employees or company culture - company is constantly growing, which means growing workload and stagnant wages - performance reviews every 6 months but no review of management or supervisors - wages are below industry standard in Omaha - politics of hiring through temp employees gives employees short end of the stick almost always. E.g. temps working without benefits for up to a year before brought on internally - minimal advancement opportunities. Chances to learn other tasks and duties but doesn’t come with a raise. Handful of QC positions and management positions that are tenured and never available to employees.

There is an unusual amount of emphasis on soft skills and "core values", especially given that this is supposed to be a fast-paced, 24 hour TAT, nose-to-the-grindstone commercial laboratory. You can be one of the work horses with hard skills that gets the job done, but if you butt heads with the soft skilled show ponies you'll fall into disfavor quickly. And then they'll never let you forget it. I would recommend this company under two conditions: that you are a direct-to-hire and not brought in as a temp (see other comments), and you can be sure your personality either fits with, or can adapt to, their culture. Otherwise you'll be miserable.