Abbott reviews

3.7

70% would recommend to a friend

(9,389 total reviews)
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Robert Ford

77% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

Abbott has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 9,389 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Abbott employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Industrie manufacturière industry (3.5 stars).

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5.0
Sep 16, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great culture, Good place to learn people skills, great benefits, good brand name, Stable job usually, great work-life balance (one of the best you will ever find). A few years here will get you many friends that could be resources for life. Great place for minorities as well. They have an onsite daycare and a good community.

Cons

The work sometimes gets slow as you wait for other departments to give you some deliverable. You could end up with a bad team or a not-so-good manager and that could affect your overall performance, reputation etc. The key is to learn to manage expectations and people (even your superiors). A confident person is seen as a leader and that's what you need to blaze your own path through the company. Many stalwarts work here. You need to identify them and once you work with them, you will be taken up in the organization, provided you have what it takes to perform well.

2.0
Sep 15, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Improving people's lives. Even though Abbott is well its behind competitors in fair compensation, the pharma industry pays well. Abbott has a great benefits package.

Cons

Fair compensation, all talk and no walk, senior and executive management incompetence. Layoffs continue to happen-- silently. Unless you get a dynamite manager, there is NO SUCH THING as work/life balance. You either work 80 hours or find another job.

4.0
Sep 13, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Excellence is a way of life - while not there in every aspect, the quest for excellence is ever before us - great products to represent - currently we have a super management team - innovation leaders - balanced across a number of units - strong financial performance - leader in the pharma sector - honorable work, providing products that improve and save lives - great people, great culture, solid core competencies, management cares what employees think, regular feedback opportunities that are evaluated and lead to positive changes, management is not intimidated about doing the smaller jobs along with employees, strong culture of teamwork across the board.

Cons

Promotion without relocation is difficult - long hours to achieve excellence - legal and ethics guidelines have made working with physicians more difficult - oversight paperwork has become a major factor in the jobs.

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