Almac Group Reviews

Degrading place to work. Management have no respect whatsoever to employees. If you try to use an assertive tone when you disagree with something you're labelled as being aggressive and argumentative! If you want to get somewhere, become a brown noser and sook up to the boss. Communication/listening is expected to be in tip top condition. If you don't communicate/listen in the way that management want you to then they will come down on you like a ton of bricks! If you stay late to get work done you're labelled as someone who cannot manage time properly. Very strong blame culture! Management always on the witch hunt if they don't think that you are toeing the line with them. Very stressful work environment - no one should ever have to feel the dread of going into work the following day! Also no one should ever have to feel so stressed out that it has a profound affect on health. If management think you're not performing to their expectations they will make no bones about it and make your life a misery! Management think that they are a law onto themselves, they think they're so above it! They are so obsessed with budgets/timelines, that's all they care about. They don't care about employees whatsoever! Frankly, it's no wonder as to why people leave! Company politics leaves a lot to be desired!

Buckle up because this is going to be a ride: 1. Flexible Working aka you must be in by 9 or you can't get parked and when you try to leave at 4 you're stuck in queue in the carpark (excess of 20 mins). 2. Micro Management -The only thing Almac is world-class in, be prepared to be treated like a school child. It is humiliating to say the least, my single biggest issue with the company. 3. Leadership - Backward and old school, think middle management suit and tie. It may be 2020 but in Almac land it is 2002 at best. Work from home not a chance sure how could they micromanage their staff. The IT system perfectly reflects Almac Leadership – Old, beyond repair and not fit for use. 4. Bureaucratic - It is an artform at Almac, Whitehall in London couldn’t compete with these guys. The only thing lean about Almac is it pay scales. There are supervisors, team leaders and managers for everything (Roughly one manager for every four staff – crazy in the 21st century). The problem is there is that much middle management they have to go looking for issues/problems to make themselves look busy. Lots of middle management creates unnecessary bureaucracy which leads to micro management. 5. High Turnover - little being done to rectify the above so staff turnover is extremely high, if a large American multinational pharma company ever located to NI there would be a stampede for the door. 6. HR are pathetic - They even write fake review on this