machine operator

production technician

laboratory analyst

laboratory technician

technician

Mesa Labs

Very toxic boss/supervisor in MIST. Manipulative, singles certain people out and bullies them. I left because they had singled me out and I couldn't take it anymore. Pay not worth the mental anguish.

No work/life balance - had to work overtime just about every day.  This isn't just now because of Covid, either.  It's been like that ever since the MIST department moved there, three and a half years ago. It's hard to take care of your personal needs since you have to work late every day.

There's no room for advancement unless you have a degree - even if you're applying for something that doesn't require a degree.  It doesn't matter if you've been there one year or fifteen years, or if you have the experience.

Really, really high turnover in MIST.  None of the same people were still there when I left as when I started. People start and they're in a hurry to move elsewhere, it's so bad.

There's a lot of favoritism - at least in MIST - and in the whole company, they also have a preference for family members of employees.

Management is very out of touch with employees.  When I started there, I was pleased to get a job there, because it seemed like a good workplace.  It's no longer a good workplace.

Very repetitive work in MIST.  It'll hurt your wrists and/or back pretty badly sometimes, and tear up your hands. Also, there are a few tasks which are physically hard due to lifting, and they don’t care about the ergonomics.  They’ll tell you it can’t be changed or fixed if you ask.

Overall, not a good place to work.


Corporate executives focus on bottom line too much, thus always forget about the employees... the last wave of layoffs was sited as due to financial difficulties.  However, a month later, Mesa Labs was able to acquire a company Germany.  This clearly shows that they did not have financial difficulties as stated, however, it was a ploy to get a quick elimination of expenses on the books, to be able to borrow money from the bank to make this purchase.

Current, new management has no sense of how Engineering department is being run.  They had already let go of the brain trust of the company, the ones who have the most experience in product development were laid off.  The new manager was put in place to run Engineering department, who doesn't have a clue of how product development works.  Currently, engineers are asked to perform tasks that are not in their realm of technical experience, i.e. new management does not have a good grasp of employee's strengths and weaknesses, therefore, they are being asked to do jobs that they are not good at, thus leading to a much less productive environment.

The day to day work is typical lab and manufacturing work. I enjoyed it a lot. 
I really enjoyed my job but until recently I felt unsafe working there. I asked a question to clarify expectations about talking to people in different departments. They seem to have retaliated against me. I was pushed out of my department after they merged it with a different department and the work load became messy and unorganized. I handed in my resignation and in the afternoon my manger wanted to talk about my resignation and have a meeting with HR. I refused simply because I feel unsafe around both parties due to the retaliation I was facing. They let me go the same day I put my notice in. Overall some mangers are good, some aren't. 
The work place culture is great, everyone is fun to chat with and they do fun things for holidays! 
The most enjoyable part of the job is the work and the benefits. 
The hardest part is the mechanics breaking because it adds unprepared downtime. 
I learned a lot of cool things and the science that goes into biochemical testing. 

Every job has its pros and cons. Holidays are nice to have a total of 9. With that said... 120 hours of pto is all you get. Used to be 160. They took that away. Sick is a total of 6 days. Stock options? Nope took that away. Competitive pay? Well... no... 15 to start for most positions. The work for the most part is easy but... its mostly all electronics, figuring out what's wrong with certain products ect. No weekends. A plus. Warehouse part... now... thats the dungeon. The most hard job there has the lowest pay. Which I have no idea why? It deserves more. They feed you from time to time. And during the pandemic most worked. Only some layoffs. Problem solving there is... not that great. It seems higher up in the chain there are more favorites. I dont want to sound negative but truthful. I can go on but then at this point its just me talking about personal experiences of me and others. 

If you sign up to be a field engineer say bye to your life balance. Your territory is pretty much nationwide and the company is understaffed with field engineers. That means you will spend a lot of weeks on the road. You do get weekends off, but normally that time is spent filling out paperwork, setting up travel plans for future trips, or getting the supplies needed for the next job. And without getting too deep into it onsite experiences can be highly stressful due to lack of communication within the company.

If you are single, with not much of a committed personal life at home this can be a good role. You get to travel and if the job isn't too demanding for that week you will get to check out some different places. You also get to rent some nice cars sometimes.

The best job I have ever held. Management is Great especially in the DryCal department. Excellent cooperation between all departments and plenty of opportunity for cross training. The best company culture in all my experience, it felt more like a small company in terms of friendliness of coworkers and managers but I was treated much better and with more respect than any small company I had worked for previously. The most enjoyable part of the job was the people and also that I was never bored. 10 hr shifts flew by and I never watched the clock in anticipation of breaks or the end of the day, if anything the day felt too short.

Mesa is not a place you want to work.  In my experience they force 60+ hour weeks on you week after week.  There was no negotiating a 40 hour week without fear of losing your job.

Everyone not at a high level in corporate or related to someone high level in corporate was in constant fear of losing there job.  The stress that this put on my supervisor and me was not healthy.  This also lead to backstabbing and getting thrown under the bus by others to save their jobs.  

The best part about working at Mesa was leaving and realizing that companies do exist that value work/life balance and you are not just another number, like you will be at Mesa Labs.

Assembled cables, connectors and equipment for medical labs and mechanical parts.
Performed inventory assessments, daily computer tracking and ordering of necessary equipment / parts / supplies.
Helped assembled electronics sub-assemblies and final assemblies.
Stuffed and hand soldered components on PC boards.
Developed working knowledge of blueprints, schematics, wire list and production control documents.
Performed all other duties as assigned by management.
Performed quality work, soldering and used hand tools on a daily basis.

Pay is very poor, most people that work there only received their jobs because they knew someone else that worked there and not because they’re qualified to be in that position. They expect you to know and do things outside your position. They do not care about harassment in the workplace or the safety of their employees. Only positive about this company is their health insurance. Would not recommend working here unless you enjoy being stretched thin and disrespected your entire shift.

The work is constantly repetitive 
No real advancement unless you apply for a position in a different department.  
It doesn’t matter how hard or how well you work
You pretty much chained to your desk doing the same thing over and over. Your skills and ability are not important as long as you can do the job they need you to do. Your permitted to wear headphones while you work. They want conversations to be minimal. Best not to talk at all. Favoritisms is common here regardless of your work performance and your training level

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