A lot of work with zero raises - Chemist Alkemist Labs Employee Review

Dear Current Employee - Chemist in Garden Grove, CA, Thank you for your anonymous vulnerability. I am sorry to read this. One of my many goals as your CEO is that all my Alkemites AND their family members are happy with their career here at Alkemist Labs and your feedback is helpful to guide my improvement . While I try not to make my replies here on Glassdoor ‘tit for tat’, there are several inaccuracies in your post, and I won’t allow such to live unchallenged. POINT 1 Quarterly conversations with pay review never happen. I should’ve had 8 of these reviews during my time there. I only ever had two. COUNTERPOINT 1 We lost our lab director and had no lab manager, so all lab supervisors reported to me suddenly. True, I failed to offer a ‘review’ to my supervisors every 90 days (for you for almost 2 years!!). Sorry about that. It’s a tight challenge and I take full responsibility for not living to your expectations. THE FIX 1 I have promoted a worthy Alkemite to Lab Manager and all my direct reports have since been given a Quarterly conversation. The next round is already being scheduled. POINT 2 No one ever gets any raises, yet people are constantly put in new roles that should require a raise. COUNTERPOINT 2 This is inaccurate. In the last 3 years I can count at least 9 promotions and raises. There are likely more I am not recalling. Is it possible you aren’t not privy to such information? We are a small company and development is sometimes too slow for individuals like yourself. Sorry. THE FIX 2 A salary increase is on the table for all supervisors and requires not just taking on new responsibilities but doing so with continuous maturity, professionalism and with grace. Not everyone can achieve those milestones. POINT 3 There’s people there who are “supervisors”, they were “promoted” and have all the responsibilities of supervisors, but their job title never changed and certainly there was no increase in pay. COUNTERPOINT 3 I know of only 1 staff member who fits that category and it hasn’t been anything personal rather See THE FIX 2 above. THE FIX 3 See THE FIX 2 above. POINT 4 Many people have been taken advantage of like this at this company (myself included), and we’re told our status will change soon and a raise will happen soon and it never does. It really does not matter how much you try and bust your behind at times to help carry the team. Zero notice. Zero compensation based on merit. COUNTERPOINT 4 This is inaccurate, See COUNTERPOINT 2 POINT 5 The CEO could argue that this is because the company is always struggling for money, but that doesn’t excuse the fact that people aren’t paid appropriately from the start. Not to mention that the company spent money to move to a newer and bigger facility about 3 years ago, half of which sits empty. I do think that some people here are undervalued, while others overvalued. COUNTERPOINT 5 According to The American Chemical Society pay scales published each year, we start at competitive wages and salaries, and when it is earned continue to grow compensation in the form of promotions with pay increases, really good health care benefits, lots of PTO, and many other perks. Check yourself here https://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/know-your-worth.htm before you wreck yourself. THE FIX 5 At our new big facility, for which I placed everything I own including my home and the home of the other owner on the line to get to, there are 5 exits you can leave through if you are dissatisfied. If this place is so bad why you are still here?