In the last year many amazing employees have left due to the toxic work environment that started in R&D and has extended its reach into other departments. Morale is low to say the least.
-Upper management (UM=PM's/CFO/CEO) pushes back on spending money on needed resources (such as appropriate patient population clinical samples and vital software) until projects hit *catastrophic* failures and are impacted with long delays to get said resources.
-UM lacks understand of project scope and how long things take, subsequently giving impossible timelines (Example: expected to complete 13 IVDR projects in 6 months - these are now 510k/PMA level!). The disconnect is concerning.
-Out of Touch Middle Management (MM=Managers/Directors) that just want to mark milestones as complete, even when projects have (1) issues and should not proceed until they are addressed, (2) studies that are poorly planned and executed and should be redone as they do not meet technical guidelines, (3) reports that are generated that bring no value to the project and must be redone before submission anyways as they will not meet technical guidelines (how were these approved?)
-R&D told that we are "taking too long" and "using company money" on projects that aren't funding by partners.
-Stated in a meeting: "If you aren't working overtime, don't expect to be promoted."
-Told repeatedly (Unsolicited): "If you aren't happy here, then leave." (Okay bye)
-MM is behaving in aggressive manner towards scientists, including micromanaging, questioning/brushing off valid concerns, and arguing against scientist recommendations and forcing studies/Process Validations to proceed. Issues previously stated then become glaringly obvious and forced to be addressed and corrected. At that point who has the energy to waste so much time arguing with those who doesn't trust your judgement/scientific background? (Not I said the Little Red Hen)
-After so many instances over the years, it becomes too much to continue to deal with and to have to push so hard to be able to your job and not feel like you are being treated as the problem, even when later MM/UM admits they were wrong.
-This lack of trust and respect has caused *ALMOST EVERY* scientist in the R&D to leave (make no mistake the few that are left as of today are looking).
-Out of touch management who thought delays were due to working from home, rather than lack of resources, initially refused to allow people to continue to WFH (2x/week) until HR was notified. By then it was too late, irreversible damage had been done.
TLDR: Company started out great, once IVDR projects were introduced and UM had to spend their own money, it all went downhill. The stress of working impossible timelines, with inadequate resources and support, and out of touch management, is not worth it.
