Such a shame - Anonymous employee LGC Employee Review

1.0
9 Sept 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Employees gain some skills across various areas.

Cons

Take advantage of graduates who wish for a career in forensics. Completely underpay and over work staff. Do not take work life balance into consideration at all. Managers will push and do not care what time staff stay until (past midnight) to get work done. You can only climb the career ladder by being the managers best friend. H&S is a serious worry. They make you work with new chemicals without any of the appropriate H&S materials. Make a lot of promises about training/progression. Only to be let down. Make a big fuss about team socials but they are forever cancelled because you can not keep up with the amount of work. Too many people leaving compared to the amount coming in. Make it seem like paradise when you join, only to be let down.

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Pros

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Cons

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