Stable company 'starter job' in a down market. - Scientist OmegaChem Employee Review

One of the few place you can still do organic chemistry and get experience in R&D. Lot of very skilled and friendly colleagues. You do not get to much pressure. If your career expectation are not high you may get some time to do your personnals projects.

Very low attention to the physical environnement: cold in winter, hot in summer, lab are smelly and poorly ventilated. Ventillation is also loud, lab space is very small and crowded. Theirs an obsession to save money. If you wear to many protective gloves, want paper rool to clean your bench or want to do any small expenses you end up with long and disengaging negotiation with the management. Equipment are old and poorly maintain so they are down very often and it take month to get them working. Management make you feel that your lucky to have a job and do not promote personal initiative and developement.

The colleagues but not all of them. Some are just spies and people reporting anything instead of actually helping you grow. The vacations and social activities (although some could be improved Great analytical team, services and equipment

- A lot of micromanegement & super cheap in terms of consumable. - It may seems great at first but there are a lot of limitations. - Metrics and productivity are important so they may imply that you make over time. - Don't trust management, unless you're on their good side but even then, you may bring concerns and nothing really will be done, not just at the company to be honest.