Pros
-People generally kind and there is comradery between most lab staff members and between units
-Generally pleasent environment to work in
-Homey feeling
-Leadership effective at following up on initiatives most of the time (several positive changes made based on employee concerns)
-Lab is decently up-to-date, shows they do care about patient care
-Leadership very accommodating and considerate with regard to schedule needs
Cons
-Some leaders manipulative at times to get you to do what they wanted and posing it as if it's for your benefit, often would pretend you didn't exist until they needed something for their own purposes
-Favoritism between some members in lab - which led to these individuals not being mature or honest with themselves in admitting when they were wrong, didn't know information, or made procedural errors
-One of the supervisors/leads was paranoid and often ran behind newer or part-time employees scruitinizing our work thinking we did not catch on then would act like you were rude instead of realizing she has trust issues. Often felt as if she was doubting your capability to do your job which made the environment toxic.
-Some members of leadership go through motions of being "open" to outside perspective but actually aren't
-slight cultural biases amongst team - gossiping in different languages. (Body language and other non-verbal cues do transcend language barriers)