compounder

pharmacy technician

packager

scientist

operations coordinator

Fagron

Each day is absolutely an adventure and not in a good way. The company has a lot of work to do in order to keep current, knowledgeable employees. Human Resources does not follow through on employee complications. Finance is too involved in release of batches. Quality is not a separate entity as they are constantly over run by individuals with a personal agenda trying to increase sales. Chain of command is definitively not present which allows for the "good ole boys club" to make decisions they should not be making. Until the business collapses the culture will remain toxic.

The negativity polluting this company starts from the top and has slowly infected the individuals who perform the necessary task to create sales. Management is a disaster and needs a complete overhaul.

Only positives for this company is the aesthetics of the East Location, free lunches on occasion but that too has become only for upper management and those close to upper management, flexible schedule. 

There are some really good people who want to make a difference but their association creates a back and forth nature with no definitive control. 

There is two women in leadership currently working for the East or West Facilities in Wichita, KS. Six Months ago they had 7 women in leadership. All were replaced by men. There are currently 12+ men in leadership in relation to the 2 women. It is very difficult to assume that this was not a strategic move as there are currently 6 men who were hired within the 6 months who came from Pfizer and know each other very well. All were in lower positions at the Pfizer location and are now running the facility. The company has not brought in business oriented individuals who know how to be leaders. These men are delegators who do not get in and know the process from start to finish. They continually try to bring Big Pharma manufacturing practices to a small compounding manufacturing facility. SOPs and Protocols are written and approved without process understanding. The term "Up North" is utilized to hammer home ideas. This business can not succeed without Emotional Intelligence and the understanding of current processes. Lean Six Sigma could really be utilized in this company as their are several individuals who are trained in this aspect but are not being utilized appropriately. 

The Lean Six Sigma is tossed around quit frequently but no processes are evaluated and improved but rather new processes are implemented causing more delays in work flow.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Flexible hours. Little to no oversight.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Management at all levels is totally clueless about managing and is completely disengaged, even negligent, concerning the well-being and happiness of their staff. This company is foolish in that it does not recognize or reward high-performing staff but instead allows, and even promotes, people who are terrible communicators, lazy, incompetent, and know how to speak what upper management wants to hear instead of what they need to hear. People who achieved management positions are sycophants. Because of lack of oversight of people's work ethic or productivity several staff abuse this situation and "work from home" when the weather is bad for driving or they don't feel well. This creates a two-tier system or class of employees: those who get to choose when they want to work on-site or in person and those who do not have that option or ability because of the nature of their job. In one phrase: There is no accountability and no recognition. This is a toxic company to work for and they are incompetent beyond words to adequately describe. Run away as fast as you can.

Advice to Management

Quit or fire all the managers, including but especially the upper management.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Work environment and culture are toxic. 
Cliques, blatant favoritism, and sycophantic behavior are rewarded.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Little to no communications or directions on priorities.  Important and critical  information is learned from fellow colleagues instead of from management.  Priorities change suddenly, almost daily, with little to no advance notice.  This makes planning effectively useless and causes unnecessary stress and inefficiencies.

A typical day for second shift: 
- for about 2 hours you're packed in that tiny building like sardines. It's hot and you're standing shoulder to shoulder with people who smell like rancid funyuns and cigarettes
- when first shift leaves, they don't finish their tasks so you have to pick up their slack (all while their rewarded because they're buddies with the leads) 
- you're forced to stand for 10 hours with certain positions (and even if you're technically in a position that you get to sit down, sometimes they'll schedule you in the standing positions anyway) 
- you can't get a promotion or a different position unless you're buddies with the leads, no matter your experience or work ethic
There are maybe a collective of 3 or 4 leads that actually do their jobs, the rest just mess around on their phones. 
Their pay is confusing and not transparent. People in the same position as me and who have been here as long as me aren't getting payed the same amount, despite them being competent at their job. HR continually messes up our paychecks and takes forever to fix them. 
The hardest part of this job is jumping through management's hoops and gathering everything needed to do my job (everything goes missing continually) 
The most enjoyable part of the job is that I can listen to audiobooks 80% of the time in my work day and I get 3 day weekends (but they're thinking of taking that away within the year) 

When I first start the company was great. They cared about the employees and the quality of the product. But as they have grown it has become more about getting as much out as possible and it's ok if quality is not the best. 

You can walk around most days and see employees just doing nothing and management does not care. It has gotten so bad that management and HR will threatening firing and things if employees don't do what they are suppose to. It works for about a week and then the same employees go back to doing what ever they want. 

There is no communication 90% of the time. Management do play a lot of favoritism. Half the management does not even know or understand how a typical day in the cleanroom goes. 

They promote bad employees and let good employees walk. They create random job titles to make people happy. I have seen them overlook a more qualified person for a position for someone else that they like more and then thst person did not even last 3 months. When it comes to hiring employees for better positions they already have the person they want and plan to give it to but they hold mock interviews and make other employees think they have a chance for the position.

If I could give Fagron Sterile Services a zero-star rating, I would. I have never written a bad review for any company that I have ever worked for. However, this company is BAD. I am not proud to say that I worked for an organization as corrupt as Fagron Sterile Services. They will hire you and then lay you off once they have utilized you for all that they need done, with zero notice (and at the end of the month, so your benefits will end asap). I never had any issues, had good performance reviews, etc. The environment is very unprofessional, and everything is super secretive, and you will never be in the loop about what's going on. Seriously, make sure before applying here to do some research on the company. This company has been in serious trouble with the FDA (public information online, look it up). They have many issues, and it is best not to work here.  If you have financial responsibilities or family to take care of, RUN. 

There are multiple problems with with Wichita facilities. There is often a lack of cohesion between managers and departments. The West facility suffers from inadequate equipment and resources but increasing production. The supervisors and managers in the middle try their best to manage the chaos but pressure and little support from upper management leads to increased stress throughout. There is high turnover that leads to a constant flow of new hires, but there isn't a proper system to train them currently. Instead, training in the cleanroom falls onto technicians who may have only been working in the role for less than a year.

Low pay considering our primary locall competitor pays significantly more. HR lacking with local and national management.  Several great employees quit or were terminated. Several procedures which aren't followed... new policies created all the time without proper planning or preparation. Procedures being created and implemented that violate company policy.  

Favoritism goes unchecked. Management violate company policies in regards to personnel frequently... and when brought to management and HR (locally and nationally), it doesn't get addressed or resolved. 

I'm the positive side, you get free lunches occasionally.  Affordable snack and soda machines.  Relaxed pace at the east location... stressful @ the west laboratory.

I worked here for a few years in QC.  It was okay when I started but now due to poor management it is bad and getting worse.  There is high turn over due to poor working conditions and poor management.  They keep trying to do more with less and it really shows.  They would cut people to save money and you'll get stuck doing multiple jobs.  This company does not care to invest in it's employees or appreciate that you are there.  Upper management is pretty much a good ol'boy's club and there is no diversity in leadership.  Management doesn't have your back and doesn't care if you are overworked.  They just care about collecting a paycheck and do what's good for them.

The only positive parts were the schedule is flexible and the pay is okay.

I wouldn't recommend working here unless you just want a paycheck and benefits or work experience.  

This company lacks severely in resources. You cannot accomplish simple tasks because they do not have the resources to complete basic activities. Other employees will take these resources to complete their own activities to complete their daily jobs. The environmental monitoring group is there literally to be antagonistic and disruptive. The microbiology group contains no actual microbiologists. It is literally made up of people in random positions because they have been there the longest time. There are uneducated people in management positions that do not belong in the position they are currently in. There are no training resources, everything is trial by fire. There is no reason to have a degree and work here, it would be highly career limiting.

The company as a whole seems to be on the path to improvement due to the recent departure of some toxic personnel.

Issues still exist in most departments due to lack of leadership and inability of managers to empower, utilize, and recognize existing talent.

However, the company as a whole is striving for commercial success, which creates growth, and plenty of opportunity for exposure to a myriad of projects and initiatives for anyone willing to offer their time.

There has been a struggle in communicating due to the absence of clearly defined roles for some positions - but that seems to be getting better.

Overall a very relaxed place to work.

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