Bureaucratic, cliquey, unhelpful coworkers - Research Assistant Boston Biochem Employee Review

- Great management team with clear vision and communication skills - Deeply ingrained culture of strong moral values focused on the symbiosis of company and employee well-being - High impact in the fields of cancer and genetic disease research; have a sense of purpose behind the work - Ample opportunity to learn new skills in both a lab and business management setting - Personally feel empowered to work independently while simultaneously having the resources and support of peers and management - Small company dynamic of day-to-day activities with large corporate backing of network and resources to streamline workflow - Compared to direct competitors, Boston Biochem is the industry standard when it comes to quality, bar none (technical knowledge, product purity/activity, new product development ability)

- Parent company (Bio-Techne) is a mid-cap publicly traded company, and has many of the systemic issues associated with being beholden to shareholders - Hard to reap the reward of company profitability as a small subsidiary of a large company; take pride in the science, not the bottom line

There is free coffee. Lots of it. Cappuccinos, regular and unlimited soda. Great white boards to draw on. Tons of flexibility for the lab staff.

Some nice people work here but are driven, like survivors on the Titanic, to throw co-workers over the rail in order to please the captain's demands for self-adulation. They attack each other like starving rats on a sinking ship. And, the criticism by the Director of everyone, is uniform. No one is omitted from the insanity of being criticized for exactly what the Director has asked for. And his minions follow his lead, sadly. Proactive behavior is punished and unwanted. One employee keeps nameplates of all the past employees who have quit or been used and thrown out, on his whiteboard! Erratic demands are made and changed with the orientation of the breeze here. People stay for the paycheck and the lack of pressure for any productivity. It's a 12 year old's playpen being run by ego maniac. Not a place to consider as a career move, nor a place for growth. I'd say it's his company, but actually, it isn't. Hasn't been for a long time. Corporate forgot to send him the memo.