genzyme

juanveron45

whats genzyme in waterford like to work for , any body here work in the lab I have an interview coming up as a qc chemist?any help would be great

ex_infantry man

juanveron45 wrote:

whats genzyme in waterford like to work for , any body here work in the lab I have an interview coming up as a qc chemist?any help would be great

i used to do security in there and have to say there is good atmosphere in there every1 is sound and they have some good social nights out i.e. summer bbq,social events like quizzes and stuff basically it all about the drink! good luck with it anyway hope ya get it

shapez

I know people who work in Genzyme and those who used to work there. Haven't heard any bad about it from any of them.

kensutz

If I was to leave my current job, Genzyme would be top of the list to apply for.

ex_infantry man

a person would be lucky to get in there believe me i used see all the applications coming in every day!

JohnC.

I happened to get into a conversation with a couple of people whose brothers work there today and they say it's not so good any more. They are changing shift patterns and contracts and they say this is making a fair few people leave. Apparently, the new contracts don't give any extra pay for bank holidays or Christmas day work, for example.

That's just what I heard. Can't vouch for accuracy.

Typhoon

best of luck with it anyway

timetogetfit

I am at the final stage interview for the role of manufacturing team member, does anyone know what the salary for this job is before shift

kensutz

Because of no unions it's negotiable.

fricatus

kensutz wrote: »

Because of no unions it's negotiable.

Just because there are no unions, doesn't make it really negotiable. Private sector jobs offer a particular salary depending on the position, and the margin for negotiation above that is usually very small, except in the case of upper-level executive appointments. That margin will only be used if they're desperate to hire someone in a hurry, they want you but you're threatening to work for the competition instead, or you have some rare skill that they're planning to make use of (and not tell you). Most hiring managers have a budget for a position, which they can't stray outside of.

Trouble is, the salary is never published, but if you research salary surveys for your job type and area of the country, you can be damn sure that the same rough number will keep coming up, time and time again. Add 2 or 3 k to that and when the question comes up at interview, tell them with utter confidence that that's what you want. Just don't be disappointed when you get offered the original figure!

BazBox

my brother worked there before he went out to australia last year and he loved it, said it was a great place to work

id nearly apply there meself only for i like AOL too much, i must be the only one:D

ex_infantry man

BazBox wrote: »

my brother worked there before he went out to australia last year and he loved it, said it was a great place to work

id nearly apply there meself only for i like AOL too much, i must be the only one:D

your not colin curtains bro are ya by any chance???

timetogetfit

I dont have the interview for 6 weeks .Basically its 2 interviews one is hr based and the other is technical and there both back to back and thats will be it.Does anyone know what I should expect,has anyone here done it?

BazBox

ex_infantry man wrote: »

your not colin curtains bro are ya by any chance???

I am indeed, i knew id bump into someone in here who knows him:D

ex_infantry man

BazBox wrote: »

I am indeed, i knew id bump into someone in here who knows him:D

ah i knows colin well i used to do security up there when he worked there tell him ger phelan was askin for him

BazBox

ex_infantry man wrote: »

ah i knows colin well i used to do security up there when he worked there tell him ger phelan was askin for him

next time im talkin to him il pass it on!

luvlylady

Sorry to dig up an old thread but just wondering how timetogetfit got on at the interviews for Genzyme? Did you do an aptitude test? Someone I know is submitting an application form and is wondering what the next step might be.

Sully

luvlylady wrote: »

Sorry to dig up an old thread but just wondering how timetogetfit got on at the interviews for Genzyme? Did you do an aptitude test? Someone I know is submitting an application form and is wondering what the next step might be.

Has not been on Boards since 08-07-2008 - so maybe sending him a PM might get to him quicker?

luvlylady

Will do, thanks.

screwtape

Anyone know if they employ Pharmaceutical Technicians?!?!?

ex_infantry man

screwtape wrote: »

Anyone know if they employ Pharmaceutical Technicians?!?!?

afaik they do???

screwtape

ex_infantry man wrote: »

afaik they do???

Any idea what do they do there, I ask out of a vested interest in getting back to Waterford full time?? Oh yeah I'm a pharmacy tech!!!

Bards

screwtape wrote: »

Any idea what do they do there, I ask out of a vested interest in getting back to Waterford full time?? Oh yeah I'm a pharmacy tech!!!

http://www.genzyme.com/

afaik they make the Renagel tablets

Steveob87

Hi guys

Does anybody know if Genzyme do a weekend shift or any factory in waterford City?

Hijpo

Steveob87 wrote: »

Hi guys

Does anybody know if Genzyme do a weekend shift or any factory in waterford City?

Bausch and lomb do, they are hiring at the moment as far as I know.

loumccourj

Does anyone know what genzymes Christmas break is like, if they have one? Been offered a job in the micro lab but dealing with a recruitment agency. Guy said today I'll probably be working Christmas day?

O Riain

loumccourj wrote: »

Does anyone know what genzymes Christmas break is like, if they have one? Been offered a job in the micro lab but dealing with a recruitment agency. Guy said today I'll probably be working Christmas day?

As far as I know they don't shut down. The drugs they make are too important and only made by them so they need to be in constant production. Surely you should be aware of this if you've just been offered a job?

loumccourj

O Riain wrote: »

As far as I know they don't shut down. The drugs they make are too important and only made by them so they need to be in constant production. Surely you should be aware of this if you've just been offered a job?

Oh okay. No it was never mentioned to me, but to be honest the agency I'm going through have been nothing but a headache. Will have to move a considerable distance to waterford so not quite willing to spend Christmas day by myself!

O Riain

loumccourj wrote: »

Oh okay. No it was never mentioned to me, but to be honest the agency I'm going through have been nothing but a headache. Will have to move a considerable distance to waterford so not quite willing to spend Christmas day by myself!

Double check before you make a decision! I could be wrong...

Wanderer78

a company like Genzyme will survival if they shut for christmas day. these companies have some cheek asking hard working employees to be working such a day. employees well being is more important than profits.

loumccourj

I don't care about any other day, just don't want to be away from family on that day. Have heard that they're great to work for but when I heard I might have to work Christmas day I was uncertain about them. Hopefully HR get back to me quick enough on Monday!

O Riain

Wanderer78 wrote: »

a company like Genzyme will survival if they shut for christmas day. these companies have some cheek asking hard working employees to be working such a day. employees well being is more important than profits.

It's nothing to do with profits. They make life savings drugs for people that would die without them. Stopping production even for a day puts lives at risk.

Paddy Dreadful

I work in Genzyme and whilst there are 4 shifts that 1 is scheduled to be on over xmas its highly unlikely you will have to work on Christmas day, they usually shut down for the day. You might not even be put on shift in the first place

Johnboy1951

O Riain wrote: »

It's nothing to do with profits. They make life savings drugs for people that would die without them. Stopping production even for a day puts lives at risk.

You jest!

The reason for the existence of a company is to make profit.

All actions of every company relate to this aim.

Wanderer78

O Riain wrote: »

It's nothing to do with profits. They make life savings drugs for people that would die without them. Stopping production even for a day puts lives at risk.

corporation propaganda truly does work! id be worried if the emergency services or hospital staff etc stopped working for a day, but a large pharmaceutical company! the mind boggles.

hope it works out for you lou. i hear theyre both good and not so good to work for so i guess you ll have to see for yourself. best of luck with it

resistancegav

Wanderer78 wrote: »

corporation propaganda truly does work! id be worried if the emergency services or hospital staff etc stopped working for a day, but a large pharmaceutical company! the mind boggles.

hope it works out for you lou. i hear theyre both good and not so good to work for so i guess you ll have to see for yourself. best of luck with it

I'll try my best to unboggle your mind hard as it may be. Genzyme make a couple of life saving rare disease drugs which are grown in bioreactors. Unfortunately the cells don't know it's Christmas when they are fully grown and needs to be gotten to patients ASAP. It's far from greed. And shock horror company's make profits.

lassykk

resistancegav wrote: »

I'll try my best to unboggle your mind hard as it may be. Genzyme make a couple of life saving rare disease drugs which are grown in bioreactors. Unfortunately the cells don't know it's Christmas when they are fully grown and needs to be gotten to patients ASAP. It's far from greed. And shock horror company's make profits.

This is correct. If I recall correctly from my time there they make a renal drug to help transplant patient bodies accept the new organ. Hugely in demand and supply can't keep up. Was only in their as an external person so no idea what it's like to work for them

PolaroidPizza

Wanderer78 wrote: »

corporation propaganda truly does work! id be worried if the emergency services or hospital staff etc stopped working for a day, but a large pharmaceutical company! the mind boggles.

hope it works out for you lou. i hear theyre both good and not so good to work for so i guess you ll have to see for yourself. best of luck with it

do some research before posting this sort of nonsense. These drugs take months to manufacture, and every step of the process has very defined timeframes when certain activities need to be performed. these windows cannot always be predicted, as they depend on cells, which dont care when Christmas falls.
If any of these windows are missed, the entire batch needs to be dumped, causing millions of profits to go down the sink, but also it means product shortages for patients.

kayaksurfbum

I used to work for Guinness and they brewed christmas day. Guys were fighting to work that day believe it or not. The OT was unbelievable.

Apparently genzyme is a great place to work, personally if i wanted to work there id work when ever they ask.



PS: i think Wanderer78 is a troll. posts crap on every topic.

littlecat

It's not all about the money - patient supply comes first. In saying that every effort is made to accommodate people over the Christmas period and for somebody who's newly trained, and who lives so far away from home - it's a pretty safe bet you won't have to work. There are plenty of people living more locally who can drop in for an hour or two here and there if it's absolutely necessary.

Wanderer78

ah here, im not arsed responding to people directly:

http://itsourmoney.podbean.com/e/it%E2%80%99s-our-money-with-ellen-brown-%E2%80%93-it%E2%80%99s-nature%E2%80%99s-way-of-telling-you-%E2%80%93-091615/

id highly recommend ellen browns work. she has plenty of medical stuff out there. enjoy.

O Riain

Wanderer78 wrote: »

ah here, im not arsed responding to people directly:

http://itsourmoney.podbean.com/e/it%E2%80%99s-our-money-with-ellen-brown-%E2%80%93-it%E2%80%99s-nature%E2%80%99s-way-of-telling-you-%E2%80%93-091615/

id highly recommend ellen browns work. she has plenty of medical stuff out there. enjoy.

You have no idea what kind of drugs they make do you. They're not up there brewing batches of calpol boy.

Wanderer2010

I have heard it's quite hard to get into Genzyme unless you know a good few people in there plus are a very sociable company so if you are not like that apparently don't even bother applying, eirgen might be more your thing!

cookie.monster

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

I have heard it's quite hard to get into Genzyme unless you know a good few people in there plus are a very sociable company so if you are not like that apparently don't even bother applying, eirgen might be more your thing!

eirgen= former genzyme staff

yer man!

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

I have heard it's quite hard to get into Genzyme unless you know a good few people in there plus are a very sociable company so if you are not like that apparently don't even bother applying, eirgen might be more your thing!

It does have its fair share of nepotism alright but it really depends on the hiring manager. As for sociable, not anymore sociable than any other place I've ever worked in anyway.

As for the Christmas Day thing, they always closed when I worked there for the day, it's a fill finish plant so it's basically putting tablets in bottles, they stockpile the stuff and can afford to take a day off. If they do have the Christmas Day shift running, if you really don't wanna work it you won't be forced, there's plenty of others that will take up the over because of overtime.

I do have one warning though, be extremely clear on what the job is and what you will be doing there if you get an interview.

Wanderer2010

A girl I know who did a summer stint in Genzyme said that bullying is absolutely rife in there with loads of little mini Hitler middle management who love to throw their weight around and pick on staff knowing that no Union means little protection. Sad if it is true

yer man!

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

A girl I know who did a summer stint in Genzyme said that bullying is absolutely rife in there with loads of little mini Hitler middle management who love to throw their weight around and pick on staff knowing that no Union means little protection. Sad if it is true

Pretty accurate

Wanderer2010

Do you work there currently?

robtri

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

A girl I know who did a summer stint in Genzyme said that bullying is absolutely rife in there with loads of little mini Hitler middle management who love to throw their weight around and pick on staff knowing that no Union means little protection. Sad if it is true

Sorry having no union does not mean little protection....

yer man!

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

Do you work there currently?

Nah, couple of years ago. Could be different now. Also it differs greatly from dept to dept.

Finnbar01

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

A girl I know who did a summer stint in Genzyme said that bullying is absolutely rife in there with loads of little mini Hitler middle management who love to throw their weight around and pick on staff knowing that no Union means little protection. Sad if it is true

As happens in most companies so.