Mérieux NutriSciences Reviews: Working at Mérieux NutriSciences

This is a great company to learn the ropes of the industry. But don’t plan on staying. It’s hard to maintain the hours for a long time. There is very little room for advancement and it isn’t likely that you will leave your department for another.

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Growth opportunity non existent

Microbiologist (Former Employee) - Markham, ON - 29 April 2022

Paid poorly to do a job. Treated as a head count to make money for the company. New business means no extra benifits for employees, only for management with bonuses. Overworked and underpaid

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Insights into Mérieux NutriSciences

Based on 6 survey responses

Areas for improvement

General feeling of work happiness
Fair pay for job
Time and location flexibility

A great place to work at for an entry level job

Microbiology Technician (Former Employee) - Markham, ON - 21 April 2022

A great place to work at for an entry level job. They spend a lot of time training you to develop your laboratory techniques and skills. They also let you think of ways on working more efficiently. However, there is OT almost every single day and will tell you to work faster if you are working too slow.

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Toxic environment to work. Backstabbing, gossip, etc.

Microbiology Technician (Former Employee) - Markham, ON - 19 January 2022

People don't stay for to long. Overtime is mandatory, and every day. You don't have time to go home. Everyone is your boss. Supervisors don't know how to give feedback. They pin you on the wall in front of everybody.

Pros

Nothing

Cons

Music

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Uncertain workload, unfair distribution of work and stressful environment.

Analyst (Former Employee) - Canada - 27 December 2021

You will be in stress at all times. Company does not care about your physical or mental health. Working hours are uncertain.People usually leave the job after 2-3 months. You can see for yourself.

Pros

You are paid. You will meet some excellent team members.

Cons

Everything else.

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opportunities for growth are rare, the lab is always understaffed, huge turnover

Laboratory Assistant (Former Employee) - Burnaby, BC - 22 December 2021

Good starting job to add a line to your resume. Sparse opportunities for growth, very poor training system, everyone is overworked and genuinely unhappy

Pros

The job itself is interesting, you can learn a lot, albeit, with no additional compensation

Cons

Long and unpredictable hours

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Great company

Senior Technician (Current Employee) - Oakville, ON - 14 December 2021

Low pay at the start. Tons of room for advancement. Friendly coworkers who are happy to teach. Flexible hours but you cannot work from home due to the nature of the job.

Pros

Free food

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Sample Receiving

SAMPLE RECEIVING TECHNICIAN (Former Employee) - Markham, ON - 16 February 2020

No real opportunity for advancement. Work gets download to the lower levels often; no real "teamwork", everyone has to look out for themselves. Long hours and unreliable breaks.

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Good place to gain entry level experience

Chemistry Analyst/ Microbiology Analyst (Former Employee) - Markham, ON - 30 September 2019

Work life balance was very challenging in the microbiology department. You are expected to work weekends, time off is sometime denied, was a challenge requesting to leave early and work very late nights. The training program in Micro was very good and the people in micro were a pleasure to work with. The chemistry department had much better work life balance. Hard department to move up in and training was very poor.

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Good job to start

Chemical Analyst (Current Employee) - Markham, ON - 23 April 2019

It is good job to start but if you stay longer than a few years - you are stuck . Very bad management, not prospective place to work. This opinion is shared with many of my co-workers.

Pros

Flexible starting time

Cons

Bad management

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Overall Summary

Micro Lab Analyst (Current Employee) - Markham, ON - 8 October 2017

The job itself is very thorough and enjoyable. The hours were sometimes very unpredictable however in certain departments the hours were regular. The training was thorough and it got you ready for the work you will be doing independently.

Pros

employment appreciation days each month

Cons

Understaffed

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Great place to start your career in food industry

Food Preparer - Lab Sample Prep (Current Employee) - Burnaby, BC - 13 September 2017

the people are nice here, they will help you to get started in learning how to do things in a lab there are various job opening as well, in various department

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Good people, hours not so great

Analyst (Current Employee) - Markham, ON - 24 May 2017

you work with a good team but the work life balance is not that great, if you show initiative you can learn a lot. Training is not readily available.

Pros

Good People

Cons

Hours

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fast paced and productive

Microbiology Analyst (Current Employee) - Markham, ON - 2 May 2015

It's a fast paced and productive laboratory with a steady volume of work, I do believe have grown and improved on various skills as a lab professional and I partly owe it Merieux NutriSciences.

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