Nelson Labs Reviews

I worked at Nelson Labs full-time for more than a year

Pros – Really good perks and great people to work with. The team I worked on was awesome.

Cons – Have to play the corporate ladder game to get anywhere. CEO says he wants honest feedback, but he doesn't handle it well.

Advice to Senior Management – Don't only look at those who play the game. There are a lot of great employees who are overlooked because they aren't in your face all the time.

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

I have been working at Nelson Labs

Pros – Good place to start a career, good training.

Cons – Very low pay. Workload is unmanageable at times, but little is done to alleviate this issue.

Advice to Senior Management – Good luck

I have been working at Nelson Labs full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Friendly staff
Fun environment
Management visibility to all staff.

Cons – What may lack in industry pay is compensated well.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep the small company feel as you grow to over 500 employees.

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

I have been working at Nelson Labs

Pros – Overall, I work with great people. Most of my co-workers are nice, competent, smart, and quality-minded. Interactions are friendly, for the most part.

Cons – My workload is completely overwhelming. The company is understaffed in general, and management won't do anything about it in order to keep profits high.
One person routinely does the work of 2+ people.
The environment is high-pressure, and the stress level increases all the time. There is no improvement in sight.
Work-life balance is non-existant. Management constantly demands more while providing inadequate resources. People work 8+ hours per day, then take laptop computers home in the evening to do more work. Being a workaholic is rewarded, while those who still work hard, but also try to have a life outside work are not valued and their contributions are not recognized.
Employees are treated like property/equipment rather than human beings. You are just a resource to be used up, and you are replaceable.
Very little PTO given, no sick leave provided. Employees come to work sick because of their workload and the lack of PTO, and the illness spreads throughout the company.
Rampant nepotism and favoritism.
The compensation is not adequate for the stress and workload; the benefits package is bad and gets worse every year.
Management pays lip service to appreciating and caring about employees, but their actions and the general work environment are not consistent with this claim.
Too many meetings to attend, too much micromanagement.

Advice to Senior Management – Hire enough people to meet the demands of the workload.
Prove that you actually care about employees by addressing problems with work-life balance and improving the compensation/benefits.
Promote based upon qualifications rather than family or other connections.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Nelson Labs

Pros – Good Benefits, company culture.....although it has gone down hill the last few years as the company has grown.

Cons – Management doesn't seem to appreciate it's employees, everyone is replaceable.

Advice to Senior Management – Supervisors don't like to promote because they don't want to be replaced, allow anyone to complete the study director track.

I have been working at Nelson Labs

Pros – Good benefits, good co-workers, family type feel. Very flexible.

Cons – Hard to get raises. Many people feel underpaid. Not a very profitable company.

Advice to Senior Management – Focus less on people more on making money

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Nelson Labs

Pros – They have nice benefits, and it is pretty easy to move up in the company.

Cons – Not the most challenging work. I felt like I could have done the job right out of high school. The senior management gives a lot of lip service to caring about what employees think, but they don't show it in their actions.

Advice to Senior Management – Take some advice from your lower level employees once and a while. Also, don't let good people go just because you don't want to pay them more.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend