Bio-Reference Labs Reviews

Pros

1.Good place for a second job because you can take the night shift (many people have a main job)
2. Not very hard to work

Cons

1. Salary is very low. ($11-12 per hour) - No night differential!
2. Very boring after getting used to

Pros

They provide great health insurance with very good options. The overall experience they provide you with knowledge about the company and what they are expecting to accomplish in the future is a great optimistic boost for employees. It is an exciting and fast paced atmosphere

Cons

Communication was sometimes lacking, and depending on who you worked with made a very big negative or positive impact on your daily motivation to work in that department.

Advice to Senior Management

Learn to appreciate what employees do and how much effort they put in on a daily basis. Do not look at small mistakes as large dissatisfaction, but look at the overall experience and work ethic such employees provide for the company every single day.

Pros

Supervisor understands the needs of the employee, You get the space you need to work to the best of your abbilities.

Cons

No PLACE TO GROW!!! In the company not everyone is offered the oportunity to apply for higher positions.

Advice to Senior Management

Notify Phlebotomist and other employees when other positions open maybe in a inter office email or memo!!! There are many great employees you miss out on having in ur management team

Pros

Good Health Insurance
Flexible schedule
No experience neccesary to start
Good place to learn

Cons

No room for advancement if employee do not kiss the butt at their Managers.
Senior employees are not considerer to get a Team Leader position.
Managers has no have experience and skills to be
Salary no good for people with experience

Advice to Senior Management

Instead to make team leaders to new employees without experience choose the correct ones who has been working at Bioreference for more than 10 years showing loyalty also, some Managers forgot to give a yearly raise to employees working there more than 9 years.

Pros

It has virtually none of the ridiculous regulations of pharma. You can acutally use your brain and be creative. There is very little oversight.

Cons

Training is almost non-existent. There are a lot of politics. If you are geographically close to the home office, it is easier to get what you want and need.

Pros

Good company, environment to work with. Great Manager, always there to help the team with his vast experience and knowledge. I love to work here.

Cons

Since the company is growing, there might be some issues with the employees, down the line the company may excel in all the fields.

Advice to Senior Management

All the best to the top management, pls do keep the same efforts for the future as well, we guys are going to rock.

Pros

Good Benefits,fairness and respect

Cons

career Opportutunities is poor, salaries poor

Advice to Senior Management

Reconize employees and better salaries

Pros

enjoyed some of coworkers, and like my line of work

Cons

favoritism, its all cliqs like high school even upper managment dont value the good workers

Advice to Senior Management

do random drug testing that even managers dont know about , record all customer service calls make sure people are getting promotions based on work ethic not who they are dating or friends with

Pros

Its easy and the pay is better than fast food. The job is tedious I didn't need any experience, but had to type all night

Cons

It can get extremely boring and depending on who you work with the job can be hassle, management is poor and coworkers are extremely rude and favoritism is an issue.

Advice to Senior Management

The company is headed in the right direction, but the work environment needs to have more of a professional feel in some departments.

Pros

The company is stable and is in fact growing. So at the present time with the country in a recession one does not have to fear being laid off.

Cons

I would imagine that part of Bio Reference's success is keeping tight control of its finances so there are just what is necessary to get the job done. This might sound ungrateful considering the current economy, but their success results in a very hectic schedule for me at the job with little time to breathe. They certainly get the maximum out of their employees with little time downtime (time wasting ?) for most people.
The appearance of the lab is stark. More akin to a factory than to a lab. I have been to other labs and they are more warmly decorated. I suppose this is in keeping with the whole operation. You get the basics but no frills.

Advice to Senior Management

Even though the country is in recession you could give a little more. 1.5% increase amounts probably less than $1000 increase annually for most employees - maybe much less.