Pros
Close knit group of chemists, free snacks in the break room, solid methods, nice equipment and instrumentation, SOP's are easy to follow, cross training
Cons
Being continually treated as a child. When I worked there, we had to ask permission to go home at the end of the day, regardless of how many hours we worked. And then the manager would joke around and say we had to stay longer...what an unnecessary stressor. In addition to that, we were told we had to stay in the lab until at least 4:30pm no matter what time we arrived because the Director walked by the lab windows at that time to "check up on us." The low level of trust is ridiculous. There was also one member of the chemistry team who caused problems with every person they interacted with. This person would literally lay traps for people to get caught in, so that they would get in trouble for things that were not their fault. And for some reason this person was allowed to only work 6 hours a day when the rest of us worked 8. A completely unprofessional and toxic work environment.
