Pros
If you can not find anything else. Its ok to go there till you get a job in real Bio-tech with real mission. They have good benefits, but Vac is below Bio_tech std. CEO is nice and smart, but I'm puzzeled, why they fail in leadership. You will find good/great employees poor leaders. Maybe he is herding cats all day.
Cons
No real mission or science. You did not pass P-chem or went to good Business schools to work here. Its 90% about low cost manufacturing of consumables with low margin and 10% Science. If you like to work for Kmart/office-max you love it here. Its all about pedeling 1000's of SKUs. Not in same level at all with pharma and Bio-pharma. High turnover, some depts as high as 20%. HR is even week, high turnover even in HR. Comp. can not find focus, continuously reorg. Re-Org fatigue is common. Closing sites and moving product lines often. Due to lack of vision and mature leadership, they only focus on cost cutting and M&A, which both are easy and most companies can do on drop of the hat. They fail in real leadership which is Inovation, organic growth, trend setter, game changer, best place to work, and emloyee empowerment. You have to go to Genentech/Amgen to see that. They have problem with letting go incompetent leaders and staff. Therefore the good ones take off sooner or later.
