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Q&A With CSL Employees
CSL employees answer questions about what life is like behind the scenes at their company, including queries about culture, leadership, professional development, and compensation.
How employees describe working at CSL
The interview was one on one and welcomed my questions.
The leadership team cares about staff.
Employees and team members are good and work hard. Good work culture. However to get promoted, one needs to be strongly connected with leadership inner circle and be seen. That can be hard depending on which team one is in. Long work hours, early start and late finish sometimes. Strong politics
It's like getting paid to be abused and insulted every day of your life.
My benefits are top of the market
What it's like to work at CSL
- CSL employees generally work 9.5 hrs a day
- Employees at CSL report the work pace is extremely fast
- 70% of CSL employees look forward to interacting with their team every day
- CSL employees most often take 15-20 paid vacation and sick days each year
- 20% of CSL employees report they are happy with their work life balance
- CSL employees typically get valuable feedback on how to improve at work Once a year
- 62% of CSL employees call their work environment negative
Q&A With CSL Employees
IDX: 0 TOT: 88
How often do employees get raises at CSL?
Alledgedly, annually. But, the raises don't keep up with inflation.
Very rarely
Very rarely. Usually if they promote/ relocate you.
How common is it to switch departments or teams at CSL?
Top Employee Response
Unless you can pick up and move at the drop of a hat, you're burnt.
fairly if you're willing to move.
As long as you can relocate, they'll promote you/ change teams.
What is the dress code at CSL?
Top Employee Response
Scrubs or business casual. The scrubs are free and we don't make enough to afford decent clothing. Hope you like Good Will clothes, which I kind of do. But our pay is low enough, that second hand is first choice.
Scrubs or business casual.
Scrubs or business casual.
How long does it take to hear back after applying to CSL?
Weeks to months.
1 day
They're usually really desperate to hire people because nobody wants to get paid so little for this type of work.
How hard is it to get promoted at CSL?
If you can relocate, it's cake.
If you can relocate, they will promote you. If you can't relocate, it's time to look for a different job.
Almost impossible unless you're in good with management or the hiring manager. Or, if you're willing to relocate.
How are the career growth opportunities on the Operations team at CSL?
You MUST relocate for a chance to move up.
If you can pack up and leave it's probably good. For anyone who can't relocate it is extremely grim.
Almost no opportunity unless you want to uproot your family.
What skills do you need to be successful in the Operations department at CSL?
Be able to move away.
CYOA. Be good friends with the hiring manager. If you're not on their favorites list, you won't be selected. Very robitic and calculating.
Make your supervisor happy/like you. Performance doesn't seem to play too much of a role, nor do qualifications. Other than that, just try to be persistent.
How do you feel about CSL's future?
Pretty grim. They don't consider their employees as valuable. Treated like a means to an end that gets in the way of meeting the KPI numbers. I am the lowest paid member of leadership, and production employees make more. I would literally be making more if I had turned down a "promotion", which is absurd, wrong, hurtful, and ignorant on their part. If they completely flipped the relocation to get a promotion thing, treated their employees like loving people, and fixed the pay rates based on area, tenure, performance, and position; they might succeed. But, it's just about making more money for them, and they won't recognize that their employees are the reason for the company's amazing growth and success. I don't expect any change at all because the group of rich individuals that chair this company are too out of touch with the underpaid, unappreciated, disposable employees to keep the good people and continue growing successfully.
Astounding this place is still around. I imagine it going through some very rough times in the not too distant future.
Dismal as an employee. Not good unless they treat their devoted employees well, and decide to pay them a fair wage.
Does CSL drug test or do a background check?
Top Employee Response
The DOH will do a background check for your license. They will drug test if they have reasonable cause.
No
No
How long after an interview at CSL does it take to hear back?
1 day
A day
What do you wish you knew before starting at CSL?
How poor my pay would advance and how moving is required for raises.
That the pay was going to remain awful and they don't reward hard work.
What are the most important soft skills to be successful at CSL?
Emotionless, no financial responsibility, no desires.
CYOA, smile, be friends with management or hiring managers.
What is the best perk or benefit that CSL offers?
If you donate, they used to give you extra money, but even that isn't true any more.
Poor wages mean minimum effort required.
How are the healthcare options at CSL?
Expensive
Not terrible other than our already tiny pay checks get shaved to pay for it.
What are company outings like at CSL?
Can't afford to go.
A cheap trick to distract employees from the fact they are grossly underpaid.
What is the daily attire at CSL?
Casual business
Business casual or scrubs.
What kinds of community outreach does CSL participate in?
None
Patients, and trying to recruit more donors.
What is the onboarding process like at CSL and how long does it last?
A week of intro training and paperwork.
Anywhere from a day to a week. It was disorganized and unprofessional. After working here I understand it's because they don't pay the good employees enough to stay.
How often do promotions happen at CSL?
Rarely. They'd rather move people around.
For employees, never. Donors, every month.
What are the most important soft skills I need to be successful at CSL?
Be manipulative, lie, make friends easily, tone your emotions to zero, don't express yourself.
Follow rules, don't show much emotion, work hard, work fast, be flexible.
What is the best advice you could give someone during their first month at CSL?
Get a different job that will pay you what you're worth.
Look for other jobs, but do the best you can and get the most from the experience possible.
What's the best part of your job at CSL?
Not sure. The low wage? Zero mentorship? No planning for advancement? No childcare benefits? The employee paid benefits? I would say helping patients, but really that's just the companies profits. They have no care and concern for their employees or the families of employees. It's pretty depressing, actually very depressing. My financial situation is pushing me over the edge.
Occasionally we will get free food.
Why should potential employees work at CSL?
Top Employee Response
If you have no other options, or you don't mind uprooting your life for a higher position and mediocre pay raise(because you can't move up, unless you move where they want you).
You should not, for any reason, consider working here. It has been a constant struggle, other employers look down on the fact you work in plasma, the pay is borderline criminal, management is awful for the most part, hard work is not rewarded, raises are few and far far between, and the company doesn't care about it's employees at all.
How innovative is CSL?
Hardly. They don't even take care of their people.
As far as products go, I think they do alright. As far as a decent place to work, they are not innovative and stuck in the past.
How does CSL measure success and growth in the Operations department?
Some arbitrary mechanical training scale I'm sure.
Arbitrarily. Hard to decipher what one needs to do in order for promotion.
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Should I work at CSL?
36% of CSL employees would encourage their friends to become coworkers, whereas 14% are neutral and 50% would not recommend working at CSL to their friends.
| 36% | Promoters |
|---|---|
| 14% | Passive |
| 50% | Detractors |
