Colossal Biosciences

3.0

19 Aug 2023

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Benefit package: 5/5- Benefits are amazing, currently unlimited PTO, pay for medial and dental 100%, salary is on par with industry standard. Personal Fulfillment: 4/5- Feels amazing to work in an industry geared towards species restoration, the science is cutting edge, although at times feels like hitting roadblocks with management. Company Culture: 4/5- Great atmosphere and co-workers are the best to be around. Career Opportunities: 3/5- Most of Colossal is new and understandably have not had the time to advance in career yet, but I am hopeful that as the company grows HR will prefer to promote existing employees to new/higher roles instead of hiring externally to fill those new roles.

Cons

Management: 2/5- Too many managers, not enough employees to run experiments. Wholly depends on what team you are on, but some teams are unorganized and managers will ask to run experiments which are not fully thought out. Management seems scatter-brained at times and changes direction from minute to minute. Work/Life Balance: 2/5- It is nice to have unlimited PTO, however its hard to find time to take off. Some employees feels compelled to not take PTO in fear of letting down their projects and for the cell biologists they are working 24/7 and find it difficult to find someone to take care of cells when they are out. Using personal phone for work :1/5- Would like to have a work phone separate from personal because it is hard at times to disconnect when all your work emails, text messages, and chats are on your personal phone. Sometimes too in the lab there is a need to take photos for documentation and I would rather not have to deal with the liability of having proprietary information on my personal phone.

Colossal Biosciences Response

Thank you for your review! This is valuable feedback and we are discussing this internally to see where we can continue to make improvements. As everyone learned at the off-site, we do have more career ladder and performance management process being implemented soon which will help with clarity regarding internal opportunities for advancement. Even though we are a young company, there have been several internal promotions already and more will follow. We do encourage employees to talk to their managers about their career goals to make sure you are on the same page with desired career path and what's needed to get to the next step. Also, IT is already working on a solution for mobile devices. Regarding PTO - it is there for everyone to use and we encourage everyone to take some time off. Please work with your manager to arrange for coverage when you take PTO. You would also be welcomed and encouraged to come directly to us in HR to share concerns so that we can help address any concerns before they get more worrisome.

Okay, but needs improvement - Research Associate Colossal Biosciences Employee Review

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