Demoralizing - Anonymous employee Raba Kistner Employee Review

1.0
Nov 18, 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

If you have no other life/responsibilities - you can work 24 hours straight with no repercussions

Cons

MORALS -A warning to their clients - Raba Kistner has untrained, UNCERTIFIED workers. They couldn't care less about the accuracy or technique, so long as they maintain/recruit more contracts and money keeps pouring. Where that money goes, no one knows as lab/field workers/some supervisors are severely underpaid. -Suspiciously understaffed all the time. Honestly, I feel they're comfortable overworking current employees because at least they don't have to pay multiple people hourly. MANAGEMENT -Don’t respect your time. They will overwork you on the pretense that you’re being ‘compensated’. You’re really not - they pay less than local pizza places, but are ballsy enough to expect you to take on multiple roles in the lab. -If you decide not to do more than your job requires - you create a problem for yourself. They’re so understaffed that any untouched work is going to come back to haunt you anyways. -Engineers and front office workers are pleasantly isolated from the sweatshop in the back. They expect data/pickups on time and really don't care how -They will completely ignore the fact that you’re underpaid and overworked. They expect you to show up and churn out results like you’re a machine. Won’t compensate you monetarily, let alone appreciate you. Turnover is extremely high!! SAFETY -OSHA needs to visit - this place is extremely unsafe. They have a makeshift ‘fume hood’ made of plywood.

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Raba Kistner Response
4y
We are sorry to hear about your concerns. We want every Raba Kistner employee to have a positive experience with us. Safety and quality are always our priority. We would like to share with you efforts that are underway to manage the high growth environment in our Austin office. Our core value of Integrity calls for communicating openly, honestly and respectfully. We encourage you to contact us directly so we can have a conversation.

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