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Babcock Laboratories

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Honest review - Analyst Babcock Laboratories Employee Review

1.0
Sep 21, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Good place to get experience after college. Flexible schedule, donuts every Wednesday. Good potlucks, a lot of food all year around.

Cons

The people that keep writing all those positive reviews about how awesome this company is and about how great it is to be a part owner is probably making a lot of money and not sweating as much as the rest of us that make an average of $14 an hour. They brain wash people into working harder for the sake of "their" company and stocks, but we don't get to see any of that money. When we ask for raises there's no money and if they happened give us one we get few cents. We are part owners but we work like slaves, in order to get the stock money you need to invest 6 years working here and if you quit after those 6 years you won't get that money right away, you will get it after another six years. If you quit before you invest 6 years you don't get to take anything with you. They screwed over all the old timers in the company because they had good 401K retirement but now the company doesn't match that and the stocks we get are not based in the amount of years they've worked for this lab. So technically they don't have enough time to save money in that new retirement account. The person that wrote the preview review also mention about the "few" negative people in the lab, let me tell you...there are more than few unhappy employees, the problem is that you can't say anything in the lab because everything you say would be used against you. There have been some lucky ones that had left this place, just an examples... 4 people quit in two months and more are getting ready to leave. I guess being a part lab owner is not that great after all. People would be happier if they got paid more, but they want us to work harder, more efficient, less overtime for the same amount of money. I'm sure upper management is getting paid a lot since they are the only ones happy around this place. Oh! and about getting experience... You don't get promoted here and if you happened to learn something new is because they are short staffed and they don't want to hire new people so they cross train the ones already here.

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5.0
May 17, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

1. There has been a restructure of leadership so now there is a more experienced team in place that head all departments. This leadership will hold people accountable for their actions or lack of. 2. The new CEO has a vision and really wants to grow the company. Out with the old and in with the new. We have a lot of tenured employees and need new blood here. 3. Growth. There are big contracts and more customers knocking on our door for business. More than I've seen in past years. 4. Employee-Owned business. Most of the employees don't understand that the work they do and produce brings money into all of our pockets.

Cons

The laboratory buildings are really old and need remodeling. The employee breakroom in one building can be more cheerful. I heard the new HR Manager has plans to clean-up our breakroom & make it feel more inviting. Time will tell.

3.0
Jun 16, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Relevant and important work - made me feel as though I was supporting communities Client loyalty - Clients came back because of our customer service and meeting their expectations or providing solutions when we couldn’t Hard work - everyone worked really hard to ensure the end goals were being met

Cons

Negative work environment due to low employee morale Lack of communication amongst departments, leading to distrust Lack of organizational structures throughout the company that may help with communication, accountability (taking ownership), and much more No opportunity to easily move up or gain more experience/training while in the company or a specific department

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