LS9 Reviews

Former Employee – worked at LS9 full-time for more than a year

Pros – Good working environment with plenty of resources, high quality instrumentation, and a past-paced atmosphere. Management worked closely with technical staff to lay out expectations and goals. Good communication from business development side. Promising technology.

Cons – Was having growing pains moving from small R&D shop to larger integrated matrix project structure.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at LS9 full-time

Pros – The Company is very motivated and has a serious commitment on commercialization of their sustainable chemicals pipeline. Has a good sense of community and values employee satisfaction. The IP position is strong and upper management is knowledgeable.

Cons – LS9 the matrix project structure was still in development, but in its early stages seemed to lack backing and buy-in from everybody, including competency group leaders.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at LS9 full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Intellectually engaging
Continual interactions with academics and other experts
Majority of people genuinely enjoy working there and work well together
Excellent vacation time
Excellent health care coverage
Good work life balance
Competitive compensation

Cons – Some individuals are difficult to work with (as with any other place of work).
No 401K matching

Advice to Senior Management – Improve 401K matching. Better define bonus structure.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at LS9

Pros – Very interesting science
Opportunities to learn new techniques and science abound
Vacation time is generous
Compensation is pretty good
Most people work hard and well together
Nice to work on projects that may someday "help the world"

Cons – Certain strong, quirky personalities among the coworkers sometimes get in the way of the science
No 401K matching
No performance based bonuses

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at LS9

Pros – Fun and dynamic place to work. Very cool coworkers always ready to help.

Cons – It is a start up company so they don't match the 401K plan. No sick days. Only 3 weeks of PTO. Very crowded.

Advice to Senior Management – Better benefit package

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at LS9

Pros – People are super smart and motivated. Colleagues are great to work with. Lots of little perks, such as free snacks, coffee, fun parties. Good equipment and quick to bring on board new technology.

Cons – Lack of focus and vision by management makes company slow to adapt to changing conditions. Rewards to high performers are not clear. Company very slow to cut work that is not delivering results.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend