Get your experience and GET OUT. - Recensione dipendente - Dipendente anonimo presso Octapharma Plasma

1,0
10 mag 2015
Dipendente anonimo
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

They will hire people with no experience. This is the only pro.

Svantaggi

- VERY low pay for the kind of work you do and the amount you do, and very meager pay raises for amount of new work you take on if you get trained in a new area - Subtle racism against white employees by black employees. Whether or not management acknowledged it was happening, everybody knew it was. Most cons extend from management, including: - Not following their own rules except if there is an inspection coming up. A couple times they tried to get us to not switch gloves between donors, even if they had blood on them (Pretty sure this violates several OSHA regulations). - Being disrespectful, demeaning, and unapproachable towards employees (The moment I stopped caring about this company was when the quality supervisor called me 'lazy' and 'slacker' on multiple occasions despite how much work I did for them.) - Most managers are uneducated and do not seem to know how to handle difficult situations, and will blame YOU if something goes wrong. - Operating on a good-old-boy network. You WILL NOT get anywhere in this company unless you are willing to sacrifice an arm and a leg for them. - Promising you new training and then taking weeks or months to go through with it, if at all. - Not giving room for a work-life balance at all. If the power goes out and donations stop for two hours guess what, you're going to stay after for two extra hours to make up for it.

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5,0
30 apr 2026
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Great company to work for

Svantaggi

No cons to report today

1,0
2 lug 2026
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

* Flexible scheduling coordination between coworkers (when staffing allows, just work it out amongst yourselves, I promise you will regret involving managers in there), including opening and closing shifts * Exposure to fast-paced, high-volume clinical and donor-facing workflow * Opportunity to collaborate with coworkers across multiple operational roles * Experience adapting to shifting responsibilities across screening, production, and medical support functions * Direct involvement in donor care workflow and real-time clinical operations

Svantaggi

* Attendance/point system lacks nuance for real-world emergencies, including natural disasters or unavoidable delays * Minor tardiness (even with communication) can result in disciplinary points * Absences and no-call/no-shows are treated similarly within a narrow point threshold system * In practice, employees can reach termination thresholds quickly without contextual consideration * Perceived inconsistency in application of attendance and scheduling policies * Some schedule adjustments or accommodations appear to be applied selectively or inconsistently * Communication around enforcement and policy changes is not always clearly standardized * Investigation and disciplinary processes can feel simultaneous rather than neutral * Employees involved in reported incidents may perceive outcomes as predetermined during review processes * This creates concern that corrective actions may be initiated before full context is established * Role instability for clinical staff during shifts * Employees are frequently reassigned between clinical and operational tasks * This can create tension between maintaining patient care responsibilities and meeting production demands * Repeated task switching can impact workflow efficiency and staff focus * Operational restructuring often increases workload on remaining staff * Staffing shortages are frequently managed through redistribution of duties rather than adding coverage * This results in overlapping responsibilities and reduced downtime during shifts

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