Pros
- Interesting science, talented scientists and RAs that are passionate about the product and goal of the company - Most interesting projects can be pursued with minimal bureaucracy (if you're on the right team) - Solid funding for research; can buy virtually whatever you need to get the job done. - Company hiring aggressively to reduce team workloads
Kontras
- Lack of trust and scrutiny from the top down for clinical work, resulting in micromanaging and severe anxiety. It's easy to experience burnout. - PACT's aggressive goals and culture results in crazy workloads at the expense of hiring and critical infrastructure for the clinical trial. Many forms are literally printed and signed physically - Management pretends to care about work-life balance but expects scientists/RAs to work as late as necessary to get work done - Science is well funded but management has extremely tight purse strings for employee perks. Pre-COVID, upper management would routinely buy weekly lunches for themselves, but not employees. A lot of leftover rice and salad was left in the lunchroom. - Some managers have no experience managing and it shows. There are a lot of communication issues and favoritism in certain groups (i.e. people getting promoted every year over more qualified individuals).