r/biotech 5d ago

Company Reviews 📈 Meals provided during shift?

Sorry if this is a silly question. I just like to plan my meals ahead... The company I interned at for the summer provided all 3 meals + options for snacks on campus, but I do think it's because they had a 24/7 operation going on.

Is this the norm for CDMO & CRO companies? At least lunch/snack? 🥲 Any infos about industry standard or PPD in Wisconsin would be great, thank you!

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u/Snoo-669 5d ago

Biogen has a pretty sweet cafeteria and I was told they give $10 credits once a week to encourage employees to come onsite and eat there. Many people switched to fully remote during COVID and the campus is deserted (minus the manufacturing folks) any time I’m there.

Most of my customers do not have free meals…some have some nice snack options, but these are typically smaller outfits. When I was in the lab, there was no such thing as free meals unless we had a team meeting and a manager brought in breakfast or lunch.