There is sufficient opportunity to learn and grow. Poor and talentless leadership is the greatest downfall. - Anonymous employee Lonza Employee Review

3.0
5 Apr 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Health benefits, opportunity, location, challenging, rewarding, many great systems in place, LEAN Mfg practices and OE principles are taught and supported.

Cons

Work load, Pay, work life balance, frustrating management, sometimes OE tools are not used correctly, can not count on bonus even when site performs well, no pension, no stocks, 401k match is too low considering low salaries and no other retirement plan..

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
23 Jun 2026
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Pros

Compensation (for higher level associates/senior management positions)

Cons

1) Work/life balance - leaders don't honor paid time off. Many teams expect you to be available during paid time off periods 2) Benefits - employer doesn't offer employer-subsidized vision insurance 3) Holidays - employer doesn't offer MLK Day and Juneteeth as paid days off, indicating how little they value diversity, inclusion, and belonging 4) Promotions - political; not based on merit 5) Mandated 5 day return-to-office to enable "in person collaboration" while at the same time offshoring jobs to cheaper markets. 6) PTO - based on tenure, but I think Lonza prefers high turnover so they don't have to give people time off (if they even honor it in the first place - see con 1) 7) Lack of harmonization - for an established CDMO, I was surprised at the level of misalignment between sites and the lack of standardization of processes

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