Vantaggi
The benefits package is great
Svantaggi
SomaLogic is a company who operates on the perceived value of their product instead of the actual value of their product. The SomaScan assay does not provide any genuine diagnostic value to the healthcare industry, as evidenced by their recent repeated commercialization failures. Throughout the pandemic, SomaLogic has lost its CFO, CGO, and head of human resources. I am a skeptic of both the utility of the SomaScan assay and the accuracy of the results generated: the data they provide is "an average of an average of an average," and I would not be surprised to see this company develop into a Theranos type of situation. The company is "top heavy," with many layers of unnecessary management thwarting the innovation of its employees. As others have mentioned, PhDs make terrible managers at SomaLogic, and I would not recommend working at this company to anybody. There is a strange culture in the assay services department, where management actively reminds their team that they are replaceable. Half of the assay services employees are exempt and the other half of the employees are non-exempt, despite doing the same work, and management is notorious for vocalizing how inappropriate it is to discuss salaries. In addition to this, the assay services team is very young and tenure is non-existent in the department. I do not feel that I developed any meaningful skills at SomaLogic that I could carry with me to my next employer. If you are looking for a means to pay your rent, working here will suffice as long as you live far away from Boulder and are okay with commuting. If you are looking for a career I would proceed with caution.