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Good place to work. The people works as a team to make sure the work is done in the required time.
Lab Technician (Former Employee) – Walkersville, MD – February 10, 2019
A typical day start with screening the flasks with the cells in. Pulling or making the media to feed the flasks, filling out the paperwork for each lot.
When the tissue come in we have to start the DHR,s, pull media and enzyme for each Isolation's. What I enjoy most is working with the Tissue.(Hearts, Lungs,Kidneys,Cords,Bone Marrow etc). We learn what to look for when the tissue comes in and as the cells grow, good or bad.
When the tissue come in we have to start the DHR,s, pull media and enzyme for each Isolation's. What I enjoy most is working with the Tissue.(Hearts, Lungs,Kidneys,Cords,Bone Marrow etc). We learn what to look for when the tissue comes in and as the cells grow, good or bad.
Pros
Working as a time.
Cons
Days when you do not have time to take a lunch.
Management is running the place down to the ground
GFT Operator (Current Employee) – Greenwood, SC – February 11, 2019
Over the years that I had been at Capsugel, which is now Lonza, the management has been terrible. They trying to cut people to save money and run the people that work there to the bare minimum of people to work.
Pros
Great co workers
Cons
Poor management
Horrible work environment that one cannot imagine
Bioscience Lead (Current Employee) – Walkersville, MD – February 3, 2019
I joined this company in hopes to improve one of their sites that had struggled through regulatory inspections. The site management and above-site management are not sincere in their stated intent to correct the deficiencies at the site. There is not a day that I go to work without being asked to compromise my integrity. Site leadership is technically deficient and accepting a role with this company has been the biggest mistake of my career. Steer clear of this company.
Poor work environment
Entry level- Formulation Technician (Current Employee) – Walkersville, MD 21793 – February 1, 2019
Everyone is not treated the same . Poorly staffed . Stress from the supervisors fall back on other employees. Technicians become mini supervisors and dictators.
Pros
Work life balance
Cons
Bitting your tongue
work a lot
Maintenance Technician (Current Employee) – Rochester, NY – January 15, 2019
if you do not have a family than this is the place for you. great benefit with a great pay. just no life outside of work. management is ok at best. need someone to turn this company around.
Pros
great pay
Cons
you live there.
Great place to work
Senior Section Manager, Testing Products (Former Employee) – Walkersville, MD – January 11, 2019
It's a great place to work.
Great group of people and work culture
Swiss company though limited growth potential especially to non-Europeans.
Very complex and bureaucratic organization
Great group of people and work culture
Swiss company though limited growth potential especially to non-Europeans.
Very complex and bureaucratic organization
Very positive all the way around.
Technical Document Specialist (Former Employee) – Walkersville, MD – January 5, 2019
Everything about Lonza was wonderful. All employees, including management were positive and upbeat. The company has vision and direction with much potential. Work life balance is also very favorable.
Decent
Administrative Support (Former Employee) – Atlanta, GA – January 3, 2019
I worked for Lonza for two years after my previous employer was bought out. The transition wasn't too pleasant with so many at my location being laid off. Lonza tried to keep things positive but not sure it worked. Right after I left, location moved from Sandy Springs to Alpharetta. That definitely hurt many people. New owners weren't as invested and the exec staff not at our location so morale definitely dropped.
Pros
Good pay
Cons
Poor morale
Did not like the enviroment
Quality Assurance Specialist (Former Employee) – Houston, TX – December 26, 2018
Company was in array. No consistency, no one particular person in charge to speak with. Very unorganized company. No direction from anyone. This was my experience.
Excellent Company, but they will burn you out
QA Specialist (Current Employee) – Portsmouth, NH – December 13, 2018
The better you do, the more work you get. You're expected to work late, from home, whatever it takes. When the best burn out, you know something is wrong.
Otherwise, you learn a lot everyday and the pay and benefits are great, if you can keep up!
Otherwise, you learn a lot everyday and the pay and benefits are great, if you can keep up!
Pros
Salary, Benefits
Cons
Work/Life Balance
Quality Control Debacle and just another Vapid Corporate Rebranding
Quality Control Analyst II (Former Employee) – Portsmouth, NH – December 12, 2018
IMPORTANT: QC Analyst is NOT a science position. Yes, it requires minimal laboratory exposure, but this is NOT a science position. In QC, you are an "analyst" that does NOT analyze anything. Zero critical thinking required. Anyone can be trained to do this. You will only regurgitate outdated protocols with a wildly substandard and cumbersome mix of three separate documentation programs. It is both comically and infuriatingly inefficient.
The culture is toxic and it is palpable from the moment you walk into the "bullpen." I was in search of and subsequently promised by multiple supervisors in the interview process that I would be a part of a fun, dynamic, and cooperative team. Nope. Very petty and unnecessarily combative work environment. Many of my coworkers were wonderful in many regards but most lacked any measure of ambition nor the will to improve their condition because of years of ineffective and/or incompetent management. Oh, the stories I heard...and be prepared to hear a lot of "you can try, but nothing will change." It is literally only a job to EVERYONE there and was far-and-away the most depressing place I have ever worked.
The corporate rebranding is a cute attempt to manufacture a viable culture, but Lonza is a CMO and absolutely treat their people as vehicles to a bottom line. You will constantly hear about how much money every mistake will cost the company or how quickly some people have been fired. Plus, once you've seen the self-sensationalizing "look at how important we are to our patients" corporate makeover routine a few times over; it loses more... its credibility. Sure, you can make a bathroom clean enough to eat off of but if you never flush the toilets, the smell never goes away.
I cannot speak to other Lonza sites or even other departments in Portsmouth, but unless you are a recent grad looking for entry-level experience or someone that does not mind stressful, thankless production environments...Quality Control is a waste of your professional time. less
The culture is toxic and it is palpable from the moment you walk into the "bullpen." I was in search of and subsequently promised by multiple supervisors in the interview process that I would be a part of a fun, dynamic, and cooperative team. Nope. Very petty and unnecessarily combative work environment. Many of my coworkers were wonderful in many regards but most lacked any measure of ambition nor the will to improve their condition because of years of ineffective and/or incompetent management. Oh, the stories I heard...and be prepared to hear a lot of "you can try, but nothing will change." It is literally only a job to EVERYONE there and was far-and-away the most depressing place I have ever worked.
The corporate rebranding is a cute attempt to manufacture a viable culture, but Lonza is a CMO and absolutely treat their people as vehicles to a bottom line. You will constantly hear about how much money every mistake will cost the company or how quickly some people have been fired. Plus, once you've seen the self-sensationalizing "look at how important we are to our patients" corporate makeover routine a few times over; it loses more... its credibility. Sure, you can make a bathroom clean enough to eat off of but if you never flush the toilets, the smell never goes away.
I cannot speak to other Lonza sites or even other departments in Portsmouth, but unless you are a recent grad looking for entry-level experience or someone that does not mind stressful, thankless production environments...Quality Control is a waste of your professional time. less
Pros
Pay is serviceable with shift differentials; Some intelligent and very under-appreciated coworkers
Cons
***Insert Corporate Stereotype Here*** and it will likely apply
Lonza failing
Instrumentation and Electrical Technician (Current Employee) – Rochester, NY 14611 – December 4, 2018
Bad decisions, lack of foresight, poor hiring practices. Used to be a great place to work but not anymore. Maintenance department is grossly understaffed and leadership is non-existent. Culture is failing and morale is depressing. Anyone that has been in the facility longer than 10 - 15 years is just waiting to retire.
The hours are long with poor working conditions - you work inside and outside. The good news is that when you get up a couple of levels in pay the money is great and you can work all of the overtime you can handle.
The hours are long with poor working conditions - you work inside and outside. The good news is that when you get up a couple of levels in pay the money is great and you can work all of the overtime you can handle.
Pros
Great pay
Cons
You have no family
The Best
Customer Service Specialist (Current Employee) – Cleveland, TN – December 3, 2018
Because of my immediate supervisor, this is the best place I have ever worked. The company at large is almost irrelevant when it comes to the culture of one's office, so, consider that when interviewing for your next job.
Pros
Great Human to Human contact.
Cons
Seasonal hours, but, worth that though.
Close Family and high productivity
Quality Assurance Manager (Former Employee) – Mapleton, IL – October 30, 2018
Mapleton site had around 75 employees that each cared for each other and the company. Employees were given lots of responsibility as the facility runs lean.
Pros
Close work force
Shifting Focus
Operations (Former Employee) – Alpharetta, GA – October 29, 2018
Company has made multiple acquisitions of new businesses and attempts at selling old businesses acquired in earlier years. Focus shifts relatively quickly without much notice to employees.
Very strusfull
Sterilization Operator II Operation Aide (Former Employee) – Walkersville, MD – October 29, 2018
My work experience at lonza it wasn’t good coworker didn’t treat you fairly it is not a lot off training you don’t grow with in the company, they don’t pay minimum salary no benefits they treat people different if you Contractor they treat you different Coworker not friendly , .....
If you’re not Swiss, don’t bother working there
North America Head, Regulatory Affairs (Former Employee) – Portsmouth, NH – October 25, 2018
The company is driven by bottom line, when they acquire a company, they make sure they get their money back first and then some and never invest in the new company, or the employees.
Pros
None
Cons
Everything
Run
Chemical Operator (Former Employee) – Rochester, NY – October 17, 2018
The Rochester location has to be the worst of them all, management is definitely the worst. They have safety employees, yet there is always an injury, 1-3 times per week. They do not fix things unless an audit is taking place. If you value your health and sanity, I wouldn't work at this particular location. They want you to do double the work in 12hrs, but do not want to pay you more. When you ask about advancing(which is part of the job) they give certain people multiple excuses as to why they can't, but none of them make sense. Minorities and some women are treated completely different, they are usually "stuck." If you get hurt, expect the worst from them. They are very nice your first few weeks, but they will show their true colors soon enough. Some people that actually supported the operation employees on the floor, mysteriously departed from the company without a single word. (FIRED) DON'T BE FOOLED BY WHAT THEY OFFER, BECAUSE A LOT OF IT IS BS!!! If you do take a position, pray that your area has a control room, if not be prepared to burn up in the summer and freeze in the winter. Also, don't be a female and report harrassment, because no matter what you say in confidence, everyone already knows, and management will try to find a way to say you misconstrued something, or possibly not even respond to your complaint at all.
Pros
nothing
Cons
Everything
Was great at first
QA Supervisor (Current Employee) – Pearland, TX – October 12, 2018
I am unimpressed by the management and the computer systems are less than adequate for a global Pharma corporation such as lonza. The culture here is "hurry up and wait", not so efficient and at times can be very stressful. Small group, lots of butting heads. Not receptive to new ideas just want worker bees.
Pros
Free lunches
Cons
Lots of meetings
New ownership. Much uncertainty.
Production Technician (Current Employee) – Quakertown, PA – September 15, 2018
Since new ownership in 2017, limited opportunity for overtime and bonus due to business delays and downturn. No apparent direction from new ownership regarding future plans. Downgrade in medical benefits costing over $2000 in additional out of pocket expenses over 2017. Was a great place to work previously.
Pros
Paid breaks
Cons
Healthcare
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