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Chemist Reviews
What is it like working as a Chemist?
August 2017
Small fragrance house that is family owned.
Chemist in Somerset:
Pros: Formulating fragrances in the research and development lab.
Cons: Glass ceiling. Not seeing room to grow. Not learning anything chemistry related. I do not even apply the techniques I learned in college at this job. The only exception is extractions.
August 2017
Good experience working as a chemist.
Chemist in Reading:
Pros: Short commute, nice coworkers.
Cons: Bad area, low pay.
August 2017
Chemist in Avenel:
Pros: I love my job. Interacting with people and advancing my research.
Cons: Nono.
March 2017
I consider it a great city to live and work.
Chemist in Houston:
Pros: Diversity in every sense of the word.
Cons: The weather in Houston could be a little less unpredictable.
February 2017
Responsibility.
Chemist in Leiden:
Pros: I always liked chemistry and is fun working with other people in the lab.
Cons: I find it dangerous working with some chemical substances like strong acids and bases.
August 2016
Chemist:
Pros: Exciting, flexible to almost all type of jobs required by the industry. You'll never lose a job when you're in Chemistry.
Cons: Relatively underpaid when compared to the other fields with the same length of experience and studies.
January 2016
Chemist:
Pros: It gave me a sense of independence and allowed me to come up with my own ideas towards improving our product.
Cons: Sometimes there is a lull in the amount of work we have to accomplish, and there was little experience with understanding how the product was made for some time.
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