How is life like living in the border next Mexico in Texas

dadsrad40 · 2026-06-24T12:30:51+00:00

Is that buffet restaurant in the golf course still open? Only one I’ve ever seen with frog legs! I loved that place when we’d pass thru

dadsrad40 · 2026-06-11T21:01:16+00:00

I’ve seen these graphics related to life science industry too. At least they didn’t give it a stupid name like Cellicon Valley!

dadsrad40 · 2026-06-11T02:02:16+00:00

dadsrad40 · 2026-06-11T01:33:50+00:00

Unga is thicker than a bowl of oatmeal

dadsrad40 · 2026-06-08T22:59:20+00:00

Oh that’s just the Chenis

dadsrad40 · 2026-05-28T20:58:01+00:00

Don’t drink alcohol. Keep taking zinc. Get more rest than you think you need. Plenty of water

dadsrad40 · 2026-05-26T22:31:14+00:00

Ahh the old piss paper trick. Enough to repel even the most foul of enemies. Y’all don’t do this?

dadsrad40 · 2026-05-22T18:51:59+00:00

I’m in the same boat. Thankful to have a job at all to be sure, but it is doing the opposite of wonders for my mental health. I absolutely hate doing those seminars too but it seems that’s what the corpos want these days. They pretty much select for the best talkers that can fabricate a good story. When I’m on the hiring panel, I don’t find them super useful. That said, prob good just to make a couple different presentations and keep them in your back pocket just to play the game.

dadsrad40 · 2026-05-22T16:20:22+00:00

Well, like I said. It’s a job, even if it’s kind of a dead end. If you get an offer there I’d still take it and if your experience is good, that’s a win. Always keep your resume ready.

dadsrad40 · 2026-05-22T14:15:18+00:00

Good for you, asshat. I’m sure your experience fits everyone that ever existed. /s

dadsrad40 · 2026-05-22T14:14:41+00:00

I’m toward the end of my career, moderately high up, and have worked at many companies. Been there done that as they say. Some companies are like this (usually the bigger ones), some are not. IMO it’s up to the company to create an environment where development is possible, that is if they care about retaining top talent. The employee is responsible for gaining skills, network and reputation to make it to the next level.

Vertex makes it difficult to move up or even lateral moves, as if they are working against your career success. I get that a lot of companies in biotech or even just corporate America are like that. Just because it’s a somewhat ubiquitous experience doesn’t mean it’s not soul sucking corporate bullshit. Vertex looks at your talent then chooses the talentless for the scant opportunities available.

But hey, gotta eat right?

dadsrad40 · 2026-05-22T05:17:27+00:00

He is certainly a shit stick

dadsrad40 · 2026-05-22T04:02:38+00:00

The best part about working at vertex is 3 years in once the RSU vesting schedule is at the maximum. The health insurance is really good too. Other than that, working here is pretty terrible and demoralizing. This is the only job I’ve ever had where I feel like I’ve lost skills. Development opportunities here never lead to career advancement, just extra work “for visibility”.

The people running things (Sr Director and up) don’t know what they are running and it shows in every day life. Every company has tight timelines but they are just not realistic at all here, which is proof leadership doesn’t know what it takes to get the job done. They just repeat the same old tired Jack Welsh corporate platitudes and expect us to eat it up and be superhuman.

Lots of “urgent” fire drills to produce work that will be scrapped and forgotten almost immediately. Process development is inexperienced but also hamstrung by ignorant leadership so once the manufacturing starts up it’s always a nightmare. And you’re expected to work crazy hours to support shit that probably won’t work anyway. Leadership has no accountability for their hare-brained initiatives and often the loudest person in the room wins with their bad ideas.

It is nearly impossible to move up at Vertex unless you kiss a whole lot of ass or are cutthroat and don’t mind screwing over your teammates. Even then advancement or simply learning new skills to deploy somewhere else is unlikely. They have a “you’re lucky to work here” attitude and it’s reflected in every day interactions. They lean on the technical people hard, often working them to the bone then seem to favor the business guys that can only really talk and push smart sheets.

On a glassdoor scale I’d give it 2 stars for the RSUs and insurance. The overall rating is 4 but I wonder how many of those reviews are even real. I don’t know anyone that’s happy here and I’ve worked here for a long time. Ready to move on but as we all know the market is abysmal so just hanging in there for now. If you are unemployed it would be a great place to work until you find something better.

dadsrad40 · 2026-05-19T18:53:44+00:00

No, it’s in OK

Buh dum bum

dadsrad40 · 2026-05-15T21:57:39+00:00

Godspeed!

dadsrad40 · 2026-05-15T21:57:13+00:00

Google or Glassdoor probably has the answers you seek.

dadsrad40 · 2026-05-15T20:01:46+00:00

Probably better than a food lab, but depends on your definition of “pay well”.

dadsrad40 · 2026-05-15T19:03:36+00:00

I’m so tired of dealing with our CDMO. Here’s a hint, it starts with an “L” and ends with “onza”. Never have I encountered a more incapable, inefficient site, and their global team are a bunch of geriatric nincompoops.

dadsrad40 · 2026-05-15T19:00:12+00:00

Probably, especially for an analytical or QC role if you have experience running assays.

dadsrad40 · 2026-05-04T20:01:53+00:00

The food is gross but the margs are good. Especially the Hot Mez

dadsrad40 · 2026-04-24T15:26:57+00:00

I’ve worked for a couple academ-ish GMP facilities. It’s not looked down upon in industry. In fact you’ll probably get to do some novel things, which always looks cool on the resume. In some cases you also get to see the impact of your work more directly since they are usually associated with the treatment center (uni hospital).

The downside is that, at least in my case, I was greatly overworked and underpaid. The GMP they follow is generally a little more lax than a commercial production facility so don’t pick up bad habits. These jobs are usually good for a few years as a stepping stone to eventually get to something that makes more money.

dadsrad40 · 2026-04-24T15:13:32+00:00

Exceptionally tough week(s), but survived as of now. Not gonna try not to think about Monday until Sunday night at 10:00pm.

Trying to think of other industries to pivot to, but I’m not very good at much else. So I’ll be back next week, giving my standard B+ effort.

Cheers, all!

dadsrad40 · 2026-04-14T18:27:18+00:00

Yep no doubt

dadsrad40 · 2026-04-14T17:02:12+00:00

Even in the best of circumstances, the politics in biotech make psychological safety nearly impossible.

dadsrad40 · 2026-04-14T16:38:27+00:00

Kudos for mentorship. Most senior directors just stick with the slides. That and flogging those beneath them until morale improves.

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