I would not recommend this job to anyone. Paternity, relationship, immigration & more. Do not expect to be paid for the high amount of work you do or to advance upwards or have horizontal mobility. One of the largest, most trusted private dna testing labs in the world. Efficiency is not desired by staff or management either and will often remain clunky for a long time. Mind you, the majority of the contracts are not in fact time sensitive and have incredibly high turn around times. The same amount of points as if you were 4 hours late. They will monitor every second you are away from your desk and should you be one second late to work, you receive points. I did the job of multiple departments for little pay and routinely was shot down for advancement despite having nothing but positive and helpful interactions and reactions from other departments. This got to the point the CEO informed the manager and HR and they said 'If you see then put on a smile' and fake whats going on. Government contracta had and the lab staff had the lowest morale of any area and routinely looked depressed. Those favored and a part of management tend to be of little use and utilize inappropriate communications filled with errors and a lack of professionalism. If you are not a favorite of management, you will go nowhere.

Anything you say will be heard by every person, in or out of work, and will impact your job. Ride the waves.Įasily the most toxic environment I've worked. If you lower your head, do your job, you'll get your paycheck. You are also truly helping people who are in need of dire assistance.Īt the end of the day, DDC is a good place to work if you are willing to give 120% and cause very few ripples in the water. The work is interesting and there's rarely a dull moment. A lot of caring, kind-hearted, humans who definitely assist in making the day go better. PROS: The people who work at DDC are the best. Also, other areas are treated better than others. There's almost always a cloud overhead making you worry about your position being eliminated.Ĭertain areas of the company are held to higher standards than others. There's very little transparency within the company. Like most businesses, it's a matter of how much work can you squeeze out of someone without having to pay them more. Pay is still an issue - but very few jobs have employees who say, 'I'm paid fairly' these days. Advancement is rare and it appears as though new hires are preferred to advancing long-term employees who are eager to learn or eager to do more for their company. DDC requested for additional samples for additional parties to be. You might be in the same position for years before an opportunity opens up, and even then it might be in a completely different area of the company. Hello, We did speak to the customer and were able to confirm that we did not ask for any additional testing fees. CONS: CEOs come and go, each offering up a promise that is only partially fulfilled.

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