Micro managed - Maintenance Upsher-Smith Employee Review

1.0
28 Mar 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Good pay, great location. They give you lots of free food.

Cons

Micro manager. Have to write shift notes detailing everything you did on a daily basis and email it to everyone in the company. Completely uncalled for. Lots of finger pointing and back stabbing to make themselves look better. Seemed like every man for himself. They will throw you on third shift by yourself when you just started working there and have no pharma experience. No training. No spare parts. They expect you to be Mcgyver. Place is a total dump, stuff scattered everywhere. No organization. Felt like you were walking on egg shells. I was hired for 2nd shift and guess what, I was immediately placed on 3rd. Guy wants me to come in 6 hours later after I just finished my 8 hr shift. I used to work in a union and after seeing the crap they throw at you in this place I would be happy to go back.

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5.0
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Pros

Great management in IT, Good Projects. Get to work on many different things.

Cons

No good direction from upper management.

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4.0
2 Oct 2025
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Pros

-Benefits are pretty good with lots of company holidays (residual from when they were a privately-owned company) -Still offering flexible work-from-home options for a lot of departments, and there is some actual focus on work/life balance. -Nice building -Most people still have at least some light behind their eyes

Cons

-They treat the Operations/Manufacturing staff pretty poorly. I was not a part of that team, but it was easy to see. They would rather see talented, reliable people leave than give them a $0.50/hr raise. -They love to hire outside folks for any potential promotions, and then have you train them. And they are *super* slow to do anything about it once they do hire someone who is awful at their job. -Depending on the department, job security can be shaky. Massive layoffs in 2025. -They are slow to promote, even exemplary employees. Even if your supervisor fights for you, HR resists and resists and resists. -Raises only 1-3%, only given once/year. They do not negotiate. Again, even if your supervisor fights for you, HR always has the final say. (And they say no).

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