Nothing to see here - Manufacturing Associate Lonza Employee Review

3.0
26 Feb 2020
Recommend
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Pros

- OK health insurance - vacation accrual is good after a few years - location - yearly bonuses have been pretty good lately - most of the people are nice and hardworking - has great potential

Cons

- many employees are not really valued - benefits were once quite good but have been getting worse lately - very cliquey - sexist environment, women have mentoring programs, men do not. - advancement opportunity is poor unless you are 'in' with management - employee review process is confusing and inflexible - corporate completely out of touch with employees - irrational expectations - pay is well below industry average for region - raises are minimal - management holds grudges - very understaffed in most departments - high attrition rate - reactionary, not proactive - lacks the desire or conviction to embrace a positive, rewarding culture

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5.0
8 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Diverse opportunities across departments as one wanted

Cons

Provide decent pay and benefits

2.0
23 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Compensation (for higher level associates/senior management positions)

Cons

1) Work/life balance - leaders don't honor paid time off. Many teams expect you to be available during paid time off periods 2) Benefits - employer doesn't offer employer-subsidized vision insurance 3) Holidays - employer doesn't offer MLK Day and Juneteeth as paid days off, indicating how little they value diversity, inclusion, and belonging 4) Promotions - political; not based on merit 5) Mandated 5 day return-to-office to enable "in person collaboration" while at the same time offshoring jobs to cheaper markets. 6) PTO - based on tenure, but I think Lonza prefers high turnover so they don't have to give people time off (if they even honor it in the first place - see con 1) 7) Lack of harmonization - for an established CDMO, I was surprised at the level of misalignment between sites and the lack of standardization of processes

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