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1.0
16 Mar 2025

Smoke and Mirrors

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Decent and intelligent people behind the scenes working hard. Remote work if you're not front line.

Cons

Profit comes before customer care. They don't call their clients patients; they're customers for a reason $$. While the company acknowledges room for improvement, any potential innovations to enhance the customer experience are hindered by cost concerns. Customers have been complaining about long wait times for years, yet no meaningful changes have ever been made. The company refuses to hire additional frontline staff to help streamline the check-in and check-out process, leaving trained phelbotomists to handle tasks that go beyond their roles. Micromanagement is prevalent, with leaders from other departments frequently stepping in and giving directions, even though they're not your direct supervisor. Executives make a lot of noise about DEI, but it's empty talk. Employees are the ones who organize events and celebrations. To get any support, you have to apply to get some measly handouts from the company with little hands-on support from the company itself. The executives may show up for a photo op because that's the best they can do and feel if it's shown in a photo, they did something, but it’s just for appearances—there's no real commitment behind it. The government always comes first, with balloons, banners, and celebrations to invite politicians and aim for the best possible image to attract more public dollars. Leaders tell you to show up and clap! Imagine if they did that for their staff!

4.0
9 May 2024

Good Times

Recommend
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Pros

Friendly staff, easygoing work environment with lots of flexibility

Cons

Low pay and no bonuses and limited opportunities

2.0
28 Nov 2024

Long hours, limited staff

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Pros

Nice helpful staff, decent pay if based on 40hr week

Cons

Yearly budget shrinkage leading to staff reductions. Many decisions made in silos, downstream staff take the hit for poor decisions that they have no input in. Work hours expand frequently with no additional compensation or thank yous

2.0
17 Jul 2024

Self serving

Recommend
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Pros

Opportunity to learn about the different departments. Some team games to boost employees morale.

Cons

Deceptive supervisors. Sneaky staff members. Favoritism.

1.0
7 Sept 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Daytime shifts and can get good at a skill

Cons

Unhealthy workplace. Clients are highly anxious because they are worried about results. Workers are not educated on violence prevention or how to deescalate situations which are very common unfortunately in healthcare. Labs are understaffed and too small to provide enough care for populations. Staff regularly have shortened breaks for miss breaks because clients complaining about wait times. My coworkers were primarily immigrants and payed large amounts of money for schooling and then are paid a wage that you can’t get by on. Staff voted against continuing on strike because they could not afford to be on strike, even tho LifeLabs was trying to take away what little benefits we had during covid. During Covid, when the company was making huge amounts of money from doing covid testing. Staff were not educated on new systems just were provided with an email and a bunch of testing kits. Then are hit with lots of frustration and aggression from the public. Staffs hours can be changed and altered as they want. Staff can be given a 4.5hr shift so they only have to give them a 15min break or no break at all. So they can put on less staffing as well. I had some wonderful employees that gave it their all, I really hope their union is looking out better for them.

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