analyst

specimen processor

support specialist

senior analyst

toxicologist

NMS Labs

The pay isn’t great but you learn a lot. Depending on which department you work in, they offer a good amount of hands-on training. Must be attentive, be detail oriented and expect to work long hours. There is always something to do so there is not much downtime. Upper management needs to figure out the kinks because employees can feel the tension of upper management trickle down throughout the entire company. Also don’t expect large pay raises and climbing the ranks takes some time. Coworkers are friendly and they make the workday bearable. It can be a fun place to work but very competitive. The company boasts about being a family run laboratory but they try to act like a large corporation.

It seems like the higher-ups of the company are just out for themselves and their own advancement. There seems to be an awful lot of traveling around outside of the country  when the business is in the United States . I'm not sure if any of them know what they're doing. Or if the company really values corporate conciousness. HR for sure cannot be trusted and doesn't do a very good job in helping to keep the good people. If you perform well and get really knowledgeable then you may become a threat to others and they get upset. There are also some people that are really nasty that no one understands why they are still there. Really puzzling culture. And stressful. I have not seen the family involved with the day to day operations for years.

Stay away from the Specimen Processing department. NMS is an amazing company, but unfortunately the huge faults in the management in SP will be a reason for their demise. The supervisors are rude, disrespectful, and do not appreciate what you do. If you talk to anyone, even for ten seconds or about work related things, you are yelled at. The department already is stressful due to the amount of work, so being constantly berated by management isn’t great for morale. Also, if you ever do anything wrong, be prepared for supervisors to talk behind your back and make you feel inadequate. They like to pretend that they are nice, but I promise you they are not.

During the training, it was very chaotic and multiple people were training the new people at one time. Felt difficult to work around those who had bad attitudes so it caused a rift in the work environment. I made one mistake while I was there and my “trainer” made sure that everyday I would know that she had a chip on her shoulder about it. I felt like I was walking on eggshells around her and whenever she wasn’t there I worked to the best of my ability. It always felt like she had an attitude towards me and that made me feel like I was in a hostile working environment. 

A nice place to start for a recent college graduate, which most at NMS are. The salaries are okay but a lot of the benefits make up for it for most young people including health benefits the day you start, bonuses and tuition reimbursement as well as 401K. For most people the grind of working holidays and weekends all the time along with the smaller pay increases as you ascend the ranks, make the life span of most employees tenure about 3 -5 years.

The company has good benefits, decent HR, and an okay environment to work in. However, if you work hard and don't waste time, they'll reward you with more work. Then you go home at the end of your shift, meanwhile your coworkers are regularly staying late 3-6 hours per week and collected time-and-a-half for it. Bringing it up to management, HR, and even the CEO did nothing to confirm to me that they valued my work ethic.

What is the best part of working at the company?
I can not recommend working for this company. I was here for a year. I was good at hacking up embical cords for testing. The manager would not move me on,  because I was the only one that could do 20 cords an hour. I tried to move on only to be told give it another 2 to 3 months. The only thing you can use to cut up the cords is scissors. Using scissors for 8hrs every day is not good.  

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The most stressful part of this job is you are being watched at all times. You can't talk to each other. I'm you need help you will be denied.

Typical day became very redundant, but learned a great deal during my 7 years spent there.  Excellent place for entry-level professional work.  Management is a tough subject - many who are beyond skilled and others who I'd argue are not.  Some Supervisory staff is a pleasure to work with, others are not.  Laboratory staff is highly educated and work together as a team.

1. Collaboration: I love my job because everyone shares the same vision and is dedicated to the mission. This truly creates a family environment where everybody is there for each other. 

2. Work life balance

3. Company Culture

4. Challenges: I love how my boss constantly believes in me. feeling a sense a of accomplishment when I am up against the deadline and we only have one shot to get it right and it turns out better than we could have imagined. having a boss that appreciates the work I do and always thanks me for the hard work at the end of the day.

The company overworks its employees which causes excessive burn out with high employee turn over rates. There is poor management with most supervisors and lab managers sitting behind their desks or in daily meetings to really have a handle on their department. The job culture is a facade of employee well-being and is in actuality a toxic work environment that feeds on shift division, hostility and bullying. I would not recommend this company to anybody who values their mental health and work-life balance. 

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Analyst 6 salaries reported	$57,167 per year
Specimen processor 3 salaries reported	$21.00 per hour
Support specialist 3 salaries reported	$43,998 per year
Senior analyst 5 salaries reported	$58,400 per year
Toxicologist 3 salaries reported	$109,000 per year

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