Low opportunity for growth, highly rule oriented, high turn over rate, very physically punishing.
I worked here for over 3 years and there were a lot of drawbacks. Promotions were based solely on popularity rather than knowledge or time spent with the company. To get a promotion into the office setting was nearly impossible unless you knew someone high in the chain. There is a definitive class system between the operations team and the office staff. Office staff, also referred to as carpet walkers, regularly look down upon the operations staff. I had even had a manager who said that the office staff look down upon the managerial staff of operations.
Punishment for subpar work or even a small mistake was often more severe than necessary and includes the ability to suspend future raises.
Operations is highly taxing on your body. I worked multiple departments inside the clean area(core) and developed severe arthritis in my hands, neck, back and shoulders... mostly everyone in this department does.
Nearly everyone I worked alongside hated their job. I personally stayed in hopes of promotion or so that I could use Allosource as a stepping stone to a better career but unless your staying in the donor services most of the knowledge you accrue at Allosource doesn’t translate to other careers.
My recommendation if your looking into a career with Allosource in the operations department is to keep looking for another job. This is by far the worst job I ever had and the only thing I learned from this job was that it was a terrible mistake that took over 3 years of my life and only gave me chronic arthritis.
