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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2.0
Oct 10, 2023

Abbott Puts on a Pretty Public Face

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Pros

Good health insurance, strong long-term benefits, good benefits related to student loan/financial support

Cons

- The CEO clearly communicates his disdain for employees' ability to choose a flexible work/life balance, and enforce mandates for in-office work policies with absolutely zero proof to substantiate his claims that people 'work better when they sit in an office'. So have fun sitting in your car in traffic for hours every day, because, you know, that's efficient and beneficial for the company. - The company publicly supports diversity & inclusion, but internally fails to communicate/show support for LGBTQ+, Black History, Indigenous People, etc. Name a minority holiday and you won't see leaders talk about it - only people who lead employee resource groups who are the real heroes. - Yearly increases are measly 2-3% (if you're lucky) and nowhere near meeting cost of living/inflation increases. - People are promoted by 'who you know', not by who deserves it. BAD managers/leaders continue to have jobs and get promoted while they cut away at individual contributors and make teams so lean they can barely function. - At the core, they don't care about the people. They care about the shareholders.

2.0
Nov 6, 2023

Not Remote-Friendly at all - stay away if you want any flexibility

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Pros

Good benefits - have both pension and 401k

Cons

Upper management (Robert Ford) is totally against remote work even though many jobs were done very well remotely during the pandemic. They MAY approve only one day per week with approval from the VP level (and no remote work at all until they get around to reviewing your request), and absolutely will not approve more than one day per week and they can review every 90 days and cancel the arrangement. Policy now is even more restrictive than before the pandemic. Lots of good talent jumping ship and leaving remaining workers to pick up the slack. But if you live in Chicago they decided to pay for a spiffy new office in Willis Tower and then you can work away from your team and THAT is okay (so very clear it isn't really about being together, but just that they don't trust you at home). Very inconsistent that certain employees can work remotely (in a different office) from the rest of their group just based on where they live but the rest of us don't get that option. Sends a totally inconsistent message. No cost of living increase and now we can waste more money on gas and vehicle wear and tear to satisfy management delusions about togetherness.

2.0
Dec 11, 2023
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Pros

Good Benefits, overall nice facility

Cons

Boring work, poor management (have never even met our DVP), little room for development/ promotion. Going back to office 5x a week - as a young person, I am most likely leaving the company for one that is fully remote or hybrid. I've worked in 5 office now, and the only one with a collaborative set up was in Europe. The US offices are horrible - closed off cubicles, with zero room for collaboration amongst your peers. It's 2023 for god's sake.

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