Octapharma Plasma

I donated at this facility for 6 months. Most of the staff is friendly, but they can be terribly slow. Every visit, I spent no less than 3 hours getting through the whole process and the actual plasma donation for me spanning no more than 30 mins. So, the claim of 90 mins is total bs. The majority of the people whom donate, are loud, rude, and just all in general asses w/​attitude. If you are a female that is well groomed, the men whom donate will make you feel incredibly uncomfortable and won’t take ‘no’ for an answer. If the staff makes a mistake or the computers error, the manager will (and has been) rude & threatening with a raised voice w/​no provocation. Wifi never works. Either there is no air conditioning or it’s broken. The bonus compensation does not compete with what CSL offers (which is more) and the qualifications for receiving the bonuses require more effort than CSL. At Octapharama you have to donate 8 times in a month to receive $ 5-​$ 20 extra. At CSL, they run different bonus specials every month, but typically, if you donate twice in a week, you’ll receive anywhere from $ 5-​$ 25 extra each week. All of the above is why I switched to CSL which is has a larger office that is able to accommodate more donors at a time; quicker in all aspects; not too many ahole donors; good & reliable wifi; cold AC; and better bonuses.

I have donated here 4xs. After the 3^rd time I wasn’t sure if I would return… but let me start from the beginning. I found out about donating plasma for pay thru another site. And I thought this would be a simple way to earn alil pocket money for gas and coffee. My inital visit was long and frustrating. This facility is a decent size, its sterile, but the TYPE of ppl who come here are what could possibly deter others from coming. Clearly we all could use alil extra, but be clean smell clean look clean and keep thr loud talk down! The staff here for the most are pretty good and can find your vein stick you once without bruising you. which makes the experience easier mentally. Yet there is one shoet white lady with blonde hair who does not know what the hell she is doing many ppl have complained abkut jer methods and yet she remains. She needs retraining and should not be allowed to stick any donater at all! My experience with her on my 3^rd donation led me to reconsider donating again. Not only that but I was unable to comoketw my donation due to my lack of comfort because she pushed the needle (which has a large gauge) to deeply into my vein, then she turns the needle while in my arm… WHAT TRAINED PROFESSIONAL DOES THIS? I have recently returned and have had a good experience and will return again…