ASPEX Compounder II - Compounder II Alcon Employee Review

5.0
Sep 6, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Seniority is not the only factor when considering promotion to Compounder III or lead, so newer employees still have equal opportunity. There are opportunities to learn additional skills outside of just compounding. Collaboration with validation engineers, automation engineers, R&D, critical utilities maintenance, etc. Once initial training of washroom and fill lines is complete, assignments are typically different each day when compounding, so the work does not get repetitive. The work environment is fast paced and the people are great. 5 Broadbanding training books, can complete one per year for a 3% raise on top of merit increase.

Cons

Somewhat of a bottleneck within Compounding for moving up. Three shifts, two leads each shift, one supervisor each shift. Each shift has between 12-14 Compounders, so it takes time to move up within compounding.

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Cons

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Cons

Working here makes me want to unalive myself daily. It's a typical corporate environment with lots of rules and processes that do nothing for efficiency or production and are only applied to women, minorities, or high performers that carry the team but don't have the right anatomy, look, or last name for promotions and growth. But don't worry, if you have a family connection and absolutely no skills or intellect and like to schmooze but hate work you'll probably get promoted often and rapidly. Working here over the last several years has truly drained any previous ambition I entered the workplace with. The lack of work life balance and low pay contributes to a slow descent into a sloth like existence because I can no longer afford to do outside activities and barely pay my bills, and when I do have free time it's typically interrupted by some arbitrary coworker crash out over a minor inconvenience. I find myself taking on bad health habits to make it end sooner and because you'll need to conform to being chained to your desk and sitting at your desk at least 8 hours of the day to last. bathroom breaks-ha who needs those!

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