Pros
-a few intelligent and competent people in adjacent departments that can teach you a lot -if you buy your manager lots of presents you will get promoted -if you've worked there more than 5 years you're sorted, don't have to do any work and get free promotions -milton park is a beautiful area
Cons
-forced to work free overtime due to staffing issues -management visibly disrespect women with more experience than them -managers will openly gossip and plot the downfall of junior staff they don't like the personality of. -No HR, only HR support is sporadically given from USA who do not understand UK laws -management openly fat shaming employees -sick pay given on a vibe check basis, if they think you deserve it and like you -management will steal your hard work as their own but will put you under the bus for any mistakes -zero communication, you're not even told when people on your team have quit until they stop showing up to work -suffocatingly political, emotional damage is not worth any of the experience you can gain here -low pay, poor benefits, no remote work offered even when not lab based -you get trained in one assay then run that same assay over and over with no growth -you have to walk on eggshells around volatile employees -punished for suggesting improvements to bring company in line with rest of industry because "we've always done it this way"