manufacturing technician

senior manufacturing technician

senior scientist

scientist

associate scientist

FujiFilm Diosynth Biotechnologies

I've worked for Fujifilm Diosynth for a total of ten years.  I started out as a contractor for the first five and I have always been treated as a Fujifilm Employee since day one!  The people that work there are just the sweetest and genuine people you would ever want to work with!!  This is my family and home away from home!  What we do is so important to so many but what makes it even worth while is the culture that Fujifilm is creating for it's workers.  Yes any job can be stressful especially in our line of work but it is how you deal with the stress that makes you who you are!  I believe that with all of the new benefits and perks such as 24 hour onsite gym, produce box (partially paid for by Fujifilm), free popcorn machines in every building, $5.00 dollar massages offered every week, food trucks onsite weekly, car wash service offered weekly, free Wi-Fi, health seminars and workshops (Toastmasters) ... I mean the list goes on and on, It helps with the stress some may have.  I can't express how "Thankful" I am for the opportunity to work for Fujifilm.  As far a advancement it does happen!  Maybe not when people want it to.  The question should be asked what is that person doing to make their wants heard and what steps are being taken to make sure they are qualified to advance? Nothing is going to be just handed to anyone. Maybe there was someone else that was more qualified for advancement.

I am writing this review, not as revenge but to serve as a caution sign for anyone thinking of working for Diosynth. Although the emotional wounds have long healed, their scars serve as a permanent reminder of what I had endured while working for such a horrible company.  This company has a toxic work environment full of sociopaths making every day insufferable experience. 
Diosynth is a cesspool of a company, with the working environment is straight out Dickensian Workhouse. Don’t consider working for them. One is better off working at McDonald or Walmart. The psychological toll can be too much for one to bear. 
There were times at the end of the workday; I was too tired to drive home. I somehow made it home only to collapse from the total exhaustion.  The Lab was kept intolerable hot due to the poor air conditioning system, but the more importantly; Diosynth personnel are full of narcissistic personalities which are very unpleasant to be around and tax your otherwise sunny disposition. 
At times managers were overly demanding in their requests and incomplete in their instructions.  This can leave one with a feeling of being defended in the face of your best efforts.  In the end, if you have any self-worth about yourself stay away from this company.The lack of professionalism and the toxic work environment can leave you irreparably damage.  Run don’t walk from this company; please take heed of my warning don’t work for this company.


During my time at Diosynth, I encountered significant challenges related to the workplace culture and communication style. I often found myself facing each new week with a sense of emotional fatigue, which began to impact my overall well-being.

The environment I experienced was highly demanding—not just in terms of workload, but also emotionally and interpersonally. Feedback was often delivered in a way that felt more critical than constructive, and collaboration could be hindered by a lack of psychological safety. There was a noticeable absence of positive reinforcement, and communication at times leaned toward dismissiveness rather than support.

In this setting, vulnerability was rarely welcomed, and the culture appeared to prioritize fault-finding over mutual growth. These dynamics made it difficult to feel empowered or valued as a contributor.

Despite this, I showed up each day and did my best to maintain professionalism and deliver results. The experience ultimately taught me a great deal about resilience and the importance of working in environments where respect, inclusion, and empathy are practiced consistently.

I hope the organization continues to reflect on these aspects and moves toward fostering a healthier and more supportive workplace culture.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Related to Biologics, gene therapy and drug treatment manufacturing 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Toxic work environment 
Constant turnover 
Leadership talk the talk of compliance, safety and transformation but undermines compliance, safely, and transformation.
Frat house environment with site leadership 
No true diversity (thought, experience, ethnicity) in leadership 
People cry at work because they live in fear of retaliation by leaders and leadership
Open conflicts of interest by leadership 
Staff waiting for the next owners - No one changes anything — people ignore emails, pass the buck on things that need action 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Toxic
Many people
Pretending to work
Many people don’t understand their role
No onboarding 
Perception certain people/groups get promoted 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Regretting decision to work there 
Looking for a new job to get away ASAP

Although several other reviews echo a "sour grapes" mentality, most are accurate. The compensation package is very attractive but once the shine wears off, and quickly it will, you shall find yourself surrounded by incompetent narcissistic supervisors and directors in a clique (Lee county)  laden environment There's a long standing joke that in order to be promoted one had only to demonstrate a mastery of incompetence. 

Average employee will find little work/life balance. Demands are mentally draining.

HR will tell assure you they will take your concerns to heart but that will be about as far as those concerns will travel.

The brightest talent tend to move on after a few years due to burn out. If you choose to pursue employment at this facility, do so with the mindset of making some good money, gain what experience you can and then bail before you become mired in the cauldron of despair. It can be a good place to get one's foot in the door of the biotech industry.

Make sure you know SAP inside and out before you even attempt to work at that place.  The accounting staff in charge do not train you, tell you once, and will basically tell you to go through the document files for guidance regarding month-end procedures, recs, and reports, including any accounting or training manuals which are a total chronological mess.   I ended up going to SAP guru online to learn certain procedures.  The Fuji SAP administrator in another division is "slow to stop" in getting you set up to work on it and you will be restricted.  The procedures are very intricate and very unforgiving.  And there were some pressing accounting issues that I exasperatingly tried to get across that were totally ignored, almost to their peril.  You will be blamed if things do not post, do not balance, or are forgotten because you were not informed about them in the first place.   Watch out.

At Diosynth, one will find that the culture resembles more of a bottom feeding reptilian than that of anything close to being human. It is a commonplace occurrence to find coworkers in a pool of their own tears sobbing uncontrollably over failed attempts to complete their work. They were gaslighted by their managers into thinking that their failures were caused by personal short coming.  The brutal taskmasters pushing them for every ounce of work that they can both physically and mentally deliver until their bodies and minds are exhausted. The working conditions to be quite charitable are inhumane at best but draconian would be a more apt description. Do not fall for the gas lighting trick, the failures are most certainly that of management and not of you. Pick yourself up off the floor, dry your eyes and walk out the door and make sure that you give a one finger salute.

After working a 70+ hour week you become totally exhausted both mentally and physically. You find yourself looking in a mirror and the reflection that you see is that of a dog that has been abused too much.   You feel that you are standing at the shoreline of the ocean with teaspoon, trying to empty the ocean. The effort is nice but futile. 
Diosynth culture is best described as of a Dickensian workhouse. As such, there is underline anger running through the place that is easily set off, at times you feel you are standing in the middle of a mine field with no way to turn. (no one to help guide you).  Diosynth has developed this culture over the past 20 years, and this is what management wants. They don't care about your physical or mental well-being. They don't care about the high turnover rate of employee. To Diosynth management that the cost of doing business and don't mind paying, but you will.


What is the best part of working at the company?
The staff (co-workers) and support team.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Excess supervision, but without any actual support:  Poor instructions and communication, minimal staff support, uneven work distribution, poor training & guidance, with minimal commitment to following written procedures.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The overall culture of the company was good, however certain departments were poorly mismanaged. Disrespectful treatment of employees by management included shouting, vulgarity, forced overtime / weekend work without any prior notification, etc.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Staff meeting, distribution of assignments, email review, dispersal to work areas.

My time here was less than desirable. A poor system of management, lack of true company culture, and the failed promises of betterment within the company is a recipe for a less than professional work experience. Although I realize that everyone's experience may be different depending on their department/role, my time here was a recipe for daily anxiety and lack of enthusiasm to arrive at work each day. Certain management have their "favorites" which will tip the lion share of the workload onto a select few while others do practically nothing and get away with it. Overtime will be feel forced upon you in the bottom of the ninth, oftentimes requiring you to work15-16 hour days with no forewarning. They say to leave your work at the door at the end of the day but working here made that increasingly impossible. 401k was nice.

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