Pros
The Co-Workers that I get to interact with every single day, is one of the highlights at Pace Analytical. Inspires a sense of family and camaraderie between the departments (i.e. Sample Receiving, Courier and Field Techs, and Lab Personnel) and makes the work day enjoyable.
Cons
There a several Cons to working in the Environmental Industry. The first one that comes to mind is a very competitive marketplace which in turn leads to high stress work environment. Second, the pay is not that great especially for entry level positions. Pace seems to place an emphasis on low-balling its employees regardless of technical skills, education level, and previous work experience. Furthermore, an average hourly rate of 14-18 dollars an hour is not enough for the current marketplace of a person that has a Technical Degree (i.e. Bachelors of Science) Thirdly, with the transformation of becoming Pace, there has been a shift from good quality data to a larger emphasis on getting as much data as possible. New Management has come in and is trying to implement an over emphasis on producing results for the sake of a number rather than ensuring the quality of the test results. This consequently has resulted in a High-Turnover environment and a High-Stress environment with very low employee satisfaction and moral has significantly declined with this new management.
