This department tends to hire motivated recent graduates and then quickly traps them in repetitive, high‑volume work with very little opportunity to grow. The job itself is very routine at every level, and over time it starts to feel like your potential is being wasted completely.
Management feels very distant from the team. Communication is minimal, and concerns employees bring up rarely lead to real change. The main focus seems to be pushing paperwork out on time and passing audits rather than improving the day to day work environment or supporting the people doing the actual work.
From my experience, the workload gradually increased, but compensation did not. Annual performance reviews are based on outdated standards set decades ago, promotions are based on favoritism, and raises don’t seem connected to any actual performance or effort.
I took this job because I was excited to use my science degree and start building a career. Instead, I literally spent 40 hours a week, every week, doing repetitive tasks that made me question whether I chose the right field at all. I’m thankful for the friends I made here, but I genuinely deeply regret staying as long as I did.
