registered nurse

project manager

associate

scientist

laboratory technician

Discovery Life Sciences

Please do not consider working at their Alameda location. From onsite leadership, to corporate executives, to pay, insurance and PTO is all unsatisfactory. I hate waking up to come to this miserable environment that is solely task oriented without gain or reward for anyone besides executives at the top of the command. The RNs, CPTs, management group receive delegated tasks from "leaders" who can be caught doing nothing most of the day. Sitting in each other's offices telling jokes. There are no raises or promotions if they do not reach financial goals (which they never do), do not value employees (i.e. will happily fire you or tell you to quit), and have disgusting in office culture. I just got this job and will be quitting very soon. 

This started as an exciting opportunity that quickly turned into a monotonous routine where the work done is consistently under appreciated. The company culture is to find value only in those who hold higher positions while having total disregard for others. Management routinely micromanages those below them while not adhering to rules themselves. As a fully remote company for more than a year, the CEO took little consideration in forming a hybrid policy causing employees to leave, feel stuck, and search often for new opportunities. Certain departments offer little room to grow nor do they make it clear how that is done. Overall, the only thing going for this place is insurance. 

DLS is a great environment to work. The managers are incredibly friendly and supportive. The Director of Project Management is excellent, has an open door policy and spends extra time and attention to detail, to make sure employees are comfortable and have everything they need.  The project managers are dedicated to the clients. The LIS system is efficient and the IT team is available.  Science and lab exposure is perfect for anyone interested in pursuing a career in the biopharma and bioresarch fields. Company lunches and and holiday parties occur consistently. The location is nice with lots of places to walk and enjoy the nature during lunch or breaks. Totally recommend DLS!

Discovery has been making consistently bad financial decisions, and it impacts the general workforce. Layoffs are frequent, about once a year, with severance packages becoming smaller and smaller. Advancement is impossible and outright discouraged. Poor management higher-up is always blamed on lower-level staff who take blame and consequences. Extremely high turnover. Benefits used to be good and PTO was about average, but they just changed both to be non-competitive options.

An amazing company to work for! One could call it a “dream job”!  Incredible benefits program, fair pay for the scope of the job and much more relaxed atmosphere to work than in the hospital setting! Annual bonuses, coffee and snacks always provided for employees while on the job, as well as free lunches and social nights. The only downfall was the site management, who lacked leadership capabilities.

Spent almost two years at the company and to get a single thing changed there was impossible. I had to finally leave since the management was unfazed that a large portion of the workers were not working and getting paid 5 hrs of OT a day to sit around and do nothing and then leaving and going home early every night since there was no management there to oversee them, whilst a small percentage did work all day long. In the end they all screamed in a group meeting and it was completely unacceptable and unprofessional.

This company has gone downhill so fast its not even funny. The higher ups are the worse of them all. They dont care about you, they care about the money. Dont trust them when they tell you “youre not going anywhere” while they are firing people left and right. They will get rid of you in a heart beat. Raises are literally nonexistent. You can work your butt off and get great feedback but they wont give you the pay you deserve for working like a slave. HR sucks. The higher ups suck. Everyone sucks. Id run if I were you. 

Extremely rude staff and management, Dont have basic lab staff and resources for newly joined employees, they ate are shameless and even ask employees to drill walls and clean toilets, No janitorial staff. No facilities. Management is rude, lazy and inconsiderate towards employees. 

Not recommended at alll

What is the best part of working at the company?
Great place to work at... great leadership team and co-workers.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Those most stressful part was the work schedule adjustments.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The work environment and culture was great!

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
The typical day is very up-temple that makes the day goes by very quickly.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Included basic health insurance at no cost. The friendly atmosphere. Room for advancement.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
I wasn't stressed, I did what was required of me. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Relaxed but focused on task given.


What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Come in, login, do work, leave.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Registered nurse 5 salaries reported	$56.10 per hour
Project manager 5 salaries reported	$69,150 per year
Associate 7 salaries reported	$24.61 per hour
Scientist 4 salaries reported	$78,750 per year
Laboratory technician 1 salary reported	$26.00 per hour

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