Good and frustrating in equal parts
Pros
Overall company seems very friendly and supportive. You will meet a lot of genuinely lovely interesting people. Most the people pull their weight which makes the work more manageable. The new labs are better than the old ones and are nicer to work in but not without issues. The work is interesting to start with and you definitely get involved quickly. Over time there seems to be some possibility to get involved in some different techniques. There is “responsibility” to take on early on which is ok if you want to do extra work. The graduate experience varies quite a lot across the departments but it sounds like there are some good aspects for each department. Management are varying levels of helpful, but there are ones that care.
Cons
Walk through the labs and you’ll hear the same people who spend all day talking, complaining that their workload is too high, some managers crying and moaning about having to do their job thinking no one can hear them and actually productive people running about covering for people chatting. If you are someone who likes to work, there is plenty for you to do here to cover for people who are fake busy. For those that are actually busy, the pay is not reflective of the amount of work they do. The work becomes samey and all you are asked to do is more of the same but quicker by the managers who just want to look good to their manager. There are some managers who just outright ignore some people and only talk to their favourites. The company is trying to be big in some ways but one of those ways is not employee benefits which are basically non-existent.
