Grifols reviews

Decisions are made in Spain, often without consulting with executives or managers in the USA. This results in chaos and eventual backpedaling when decisions are announced. The company does NOT treat its USA employees with respect. At the same time as the global CEO was touting how the company had increased salaries (presumably in Spain, although that was not stated), compensation for between a third and a half of the USA workforce was cut, mostly through reductions to bonus targets and eliminating company paid short term disability. As the company continues to trim some parts of its workforce after the acquisition of Talecris, they are circumventing the severance plan and instead dismissing uneeded people by making up performance issues and terminating for cause (hard to know the extent of this, but I know of several cases where long-term, well respected employees were pushed out in this manner). In some parts of the company, not surprisingly, stress levels are very high, and morale poor. Some people have had health issues related to stress.

I am presently in therapy and being treated for PTSD related to my experience with Grifols. I can only relate my experience to being in an abusive relationship. I was gaslit , lied to, and manipulated so much when I worked here that I began to question my own self and self worth. Management is absolutely horrible with this company. Promotions are done based on tenure and who you know. The ability to lead is not a requirement here for management. Operations management also has no accountability for anything. If you are Quality you are the enemy. You will be blamed and punished for all things that go wrong in the center while your ops counterparts sit in the office all day. I had my CM go against concerns as me being “too picky” and “on a witch-hunt” as a problem employee went on to return unsuitable RBCs to a donor for the third time that month with no repercussions. Bringing up problems and concerns paints a target on your back and you’re just seen as annoying. Most managers aren’t in the areas until the regionals are in the center, and the regionals are fine being willfully blind to this. They will tell you that Quality and the CM are partners but the CM will make tens of thousands of dollars more and if they choose not to follow SOP/the CFR, that is on the QSM for not being more convincing on why they should do the right thing. I observed and experienced all of these things and more. It’s a bad and toxic environment. Don’t be Quality or someone who cares here unless you’re fine going crazy because of all the horrible things happening around you as you have no ability to change anything. I pray I never need a plasma derived medication from this company because of all the things I’ve seen and been coerced into accepting. The company exploits poor people- donors and line staff and that evil business model seeps into everything they do.