Lack of Recognition and Stability for Performance-Driven Professionals - Scientific Associate Biocodex Employee Review

2.0
Feb 21, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

With high turnover, employees may have the chance to take on diverse responsibilities and gain experience in different areas.

Cons

Company culture prioritizes personal relationships over merit and competencies. As a family-run business, decisions often seem to be influenced by internal dynamics rather than objective performance criteria. Internal communication tends to be superficial, which affects transparency and efficiency. Additionally, salaries are not competitive compared to market standards. The work environment is marked by high turnover, leading to a lack of stability and continuity in projects.

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Biocodex Response
1y
Hello, thank you for your feedback. Allow us to pick up on the 3 salient points of your feedback. -Turnover: our turnover rate is aligned with the pharma market, still we continue our efforts to ensure it remains “healthy”, in particular by introducing a number of initiatives aimed at improving the quality of life at work for our employees and fostering an internal feedback culture at all levels. - Salary: we keep a close eye at pharma market salary practices and reinforce this with annual qualitative studies and benchmark data provided by external expert advisors. - Performance Management : Biocodex has worked over the last years to ensure the fairest possible approach to performance assessment, leading to a recent reshaping of the model. A important change remains in the role modeling of our values, which takes an instrumental role in our appraisal system for all employees around the world. Best regards.

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Biocodex Response
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Hello, Thank you very much for taking the time to share your positive feedback!
3.0
Aug 16, 2025
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Pros

We had a nice office, snacks, catered lunches and catered events.

Cons

Salaries were pretty low for a “biotech “ company in Silicon valley

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Biocodex Response
9mo
Thank you for your feedback and for sharing your past experience at Biocodex. Since your time with us over 6 years ago, much has changed — including our move from Silicon Valley to New Jersey — and we’ve significantly enhanced both our employee experience and compensation practices. We remain committed to offering a supportive workplace with competitive pay and benefits. Best of luck moving forward.
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