Abhorrent treatment of staff, profit lead business
Pros
Location of London labs is good and very commutable. Unilabs provide opportunities to progress and become accredited.
Cons
There has been no HR department for 6 months. Employees have their annual leave randomly selected for them by the lab manager in relation to resource and workload - annual leave will be repeatedly denied and there is little empathy for peoples' personal and home lives. Awfully low salaries and no access to salary review/pay rises or even annual bonuses. Very anti-social lab culture with low morale - colleagues are passive aggressive and non-communicative. No regard for work/life balance. No HR procedures/processes to escalate complaints. Staff are viewed and treated as disposable. Very high staff turnover. People are generally miserable. If you do or are planning to work for Unilabs, join a good union.
