Grifols reviews

3.6

67% would recommend to a friend

(2,249 total reviews)
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Nacho Abia

71% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

Grifols has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 2,249 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Grifols employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Farmacéutica y biotecnología industry (3.5 stars).

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2K reviews
2.0
Nov 8, 2017

Formerly a great place to work

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good location in RTP. Good benefits and wellness program.

Cons

Frustrating changes made for no reasons, by people who are not familiar enough with the job to know what they are doing. Subject matter experts are not consulted or respected. Micro-management and a silo environment where there is little to no trust.

2.0
Oct 31, 2015

Good people, bad company (or is it the other way around?)

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Advancement opportunity! If you are willing to put the company ahead of EVERYTHING else in your life, the sky is the limit. I started as a phlebotomist and had my own center in just over 3 years. Along with the advancement opportunities are national and even global opportunities for relocation. On the collection side, almost anywhere you could want to live, they have a center. I found the pay to be competitive at all positions for the most part, although I did see individuals get low balled because they happened to be hired during periods of "belt tightening". Lastly, there are some amazing managers in the company. I learned from some of the best in the world. The people who stick around at Grifols are either brilliant, hardworking, and passionate...

Cons

(continued from pros)...Or they are shameless self promoters that will throw anyone under the bus if it suits their motives. The company used to reward passion and loyalty and hard work, and now they mostly reward mediocrity and the ability to avoid taking responsibility. The flip side to all that advancement opportunity is that, from the position of area lead on up, the company comes first. Sick kid? Tough. Need to have surgery? Not if there's an FDA audit. You get 4 weeks of vacation a year, but good luck taking more than a couple days at a time.

1.0
Nov 22, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Worked with some really great people. Steady paycheck. Typical insurance.

Cons

Requirement to use half of your vacation time for shutdown operations (80 hours). No sick time, it is rolled into your PTO which means you're forced to use most of it when they want you to. If you take a PTO day off on your "long" week, (48 hour week) the company forces you to give up 8 hours of overtime and your shift premium of 10%. The result of this for me was at least $120 out of my paycheck. At first I thought this was something that was done across the board, but the company I work for now does not do this. It should NOT cost you money to use your own PTO time. This creates an environment of people coming into work sick because they are forced by management to save their time for shutdown or can't afford to take a day off due to the loss in pay for using their PTO. I have seen it happen as well as done it myself. Management is completely out of touch with employees. There is no communication between the two. No one is asked what they think about a decision before it is rolled out. No real opportunity for advancement unless you are on the "buddy system". Rotating 12 hour shifts that switch between nights and days every two weeks. This schedule is so bad for your health. In an industry where the product you are producing is used in patients bodies. you are expected to be on the top of your game. This schedule assures that you are not. There is no necessity to work this schedule.

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