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Contract Pharmaceuticals

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It is a stepping stone... - Anonymous employee Contract Pharmaceuticals Employee Review

2.0
6 Feb 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

You meet fantastic people from all sorts of backgrounds! The job can be fun at times because of these people! It's quite easy to get a job there if you speak another European language, and even if you don't, you still have a chance! It's a great place to learn and gain experience in a tech environment if that's where you want to be!

Cons

The starting salary for English speakers is atrocious in comparison to the workload that is done. For English it is 19k with no opportunity to progress or increase on that wage. The only way to increase is to move onto a higher role which can be difficult as you're not always encouraged to move on in the company. There are limited career opportunities. The benefits are nil. The bonus targets are completely unrealistic and can be based on others' performances, not just your own. The bonus is also quite a small sum.

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Cons

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1.0
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Pros

It was an experience to be cherished forever. Never worked in a company who had such wonderful people, great facility and excellent work culture. A part of the reason that it was originally a BMS facility which CPL took over and as soon as they took over, things went south. Within 5 years, CPL announced closure of the Buffalo plant and went back to their Canada head quarters leaving hundreds of Buffalo folks jobless. There are many theories why CPL did this, but it was never a situation of bankruptcy as there were plenty of new business coming in the Buffalo plant.

Cons

CPL is an Ontario based cheap contract manufacturer of semisolids and liquid pharmaceutical products. It might provide cheap contract manufacturing for bigger brand companies, but it treats its employers in miserable ways. They give meager resources to work with and typically blame the workers if the projects don't go well or miss deadlines. This can be an in-between job and not good for long term career prospects.

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