Q&A With Hyde Employees

Management assigns projects without worrying about your preference. If you are a good rower of the boat, all goes well. If you have a bad team life is rough. If the project was poorly bid you must pick up the slack. If the client is difficult or the regional manager is bad, life is difficult. If the stars align things are great.

Good to be one of the initial hires. Need to be on "Great" terms with senior management to do well in terms of promotion or raise. Easy to become a part of machinery that can be overlooked and treated without concern. What you are promised upon hire may not reflect what actually occurs once you are there for a year or two. Clients are always right and can treat you rough with no backing by Hyde management.

There is a "haves" and "have nots" culture in the company. You can often feel like a requested tool and not bring your personality. If you were hired in the first five years of the company being formed, and still part of the company, you are family. Tough to break into that inner circle.

Coworkers range from really friendly to just there for the money. Some are new to the pharmaceutical industry and some are highly skilled. Typically good team players.

Many are H1 visa holders. Quite a few are young. More experienced people transit through the organization either on their own or do to management decisions. Most people are friendly, but Regional Managers change frequently so hard to know who will be your superior in two years.

There is a wide range of personalities. They vary by site and skills. The site teams tend to work together and be friendly. Senior management can be difficult. You might frequently be the sole person at a site, which makes feeling like a Hyde employee tough if you see a Hyde person once in six months. Many people from India in most projects.

What are your skills and how do you deal with specific situations.

Long time between you applying and getting a response.

Commissioning and Validation are its core business,which is doign well. Troubleshooting is not something that the company can do well.

There are people that are on the inside that are treated well. Once you go outside teams and work independently (or with one or two others) it can be really lonely. Frequent invitations to get togethers after work that you cannot attend can make team members feel isolated. If you are on friendly terms with a top management member, you are treated like gold. If you do not have a sponsor/mentor you will get crummy projects and get treated like a piece of equipment.

Most people think Simon is a good person with good business sense. He can put business before people impact, but it is not typical. Both John and Simon are trying to expand the business so they can retire with the most money.

If you are working at Hyde, many projects are 8-5 five days per week. Some projects require you to travel to the site on your own time and stay in a nice hotel near the work site M-F. Other projects require swing shifts, weekends, and other pretty difficult hours. Local projects with long timelines are highly desirable.

Very arbitrary. Do a good job, work on good projects, and practice how to present data to clients to move up the ladder. Learn as much as you can from the experienced people.

It is typical for the industry. PTO starts at 160 hours, with seven holidays

Hyde has positions that are located in many different locations. These include all of California, mid-west, and east coast in the US. The ability to work in China is also available. Work inEurope for US employees is nearly non-existent.

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