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A typical day initially consisted lots of lab work, which was great, training was great and the environment was fast-paced, team was pretty supportive.  Eventually after gaining further experience, this developed into reporting intel cases, mentoring and training members of new staff.
I learned a lot at my time at KFS, however, I opted to no longer work in forensic science after my experience with KFS, as the management were not supportive, some management were very unprofessional.
Opportunities to advance and gain further training/go on to supervisor roles, was limited and bias (management were very clicky/biased to certain staff members).
Most enjoyable part of the job was the whole role, it was varied and offered a great first experience of being in forensics.
Hardest part of the job was dealing with and engaging with some of the colleagues.


Managers care about their own reputations and will throw you under the bus to preserve themselves.
Massive blame culture. No understanding of personal circumstances and constant threats of replacing you.
Unrealistic targets that could never get met but the lowest workers (you) are always responsible for that.
Non-conformances (which are a part of every ISO accredited lab and a very normal thing) are treated like a death threat here.
Be expected to work weekends and bank holidays when monthly revenues are looking especially bad.
Many people developed mental health problems during the time I worked there but very little actually got done to help this, just empty promises.
A particular manager will scream - both at team members and external contractors - and slam things in the lab.

The R&D team and its leader are some of  the best I ever worked with.  I felt supported and valued.  Everyone on the team was nice and friendly.  We would help each other with projects and openly share ideas and knowledge.  Managers from the other departments and team leaders were kind and respectful.

Forensics is not for the faint hearted. The company is driven by meeting target and top management aren't concerned with how it gets done.  They rely too much on workers good will. It's a small company to work for so progression is extremely slow, and non existence for experienced staff.

Micromanagement 
Negative atmosphere to work in 
Awful pay 
No progression 
No appreciation and very quick to point out mistakes.
Cliquey atmosphere 
Hours are fine



Had to leave this place as the culture was shocking and they just don't know how to communicate properly.  The atmosphere is toxic and people are overworked and underpad and it is not a good place to work. 

Micromanagement
Poor salary and no increases
No career progression
They care more about money 
Poor management
Don't recommend to anyone
Lack of opportunities


Only look out for themselves not the people that work here. Not a company I would recommend working for unless you want to work in a very tense environment 

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