AbbVie reviews

3.9

75% would recommend to a friend

(4,604 total reviews)

Robert A. Michael

81% approve of CEO

77% positive business outlook

AbbVie has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 4,604 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The AbbVie employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

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5K reviews
3.0
Sep 1, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The compensation is decent, though not world class for the industry.

Cons

Too much M&A activity has left Abbvie fractured with little business continuity and a lack of homogeneity between business units. Most things are at the pace of never.

3.0
Nov 18, 2018

Director

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The compensation package is excellent and I am surrounded by very smart people. I take pride in working for a company that strives to solve some of the biggest health challenges people face and believe in AbbVie's intentions to put patients first.

Cons

I and many of my peers have become very cynical in the last 8 months about the culture of this company. HR has become way too powerful, and the intention to create our culture has backfired to the point it is corrosive. I am definitely not alone in feeling this way - there is a lot of cynicism. We all know that companies have no loyalty to employees, that is just business, yet in the old Abbott culture there was at least more respect. I feel that AbbVie is headed towards the "GE" culture of the bottom 10% are out. If that is the intention, HR should stop being so hypocritical and just state as such instead of expecting everyone to drink the Kool Aid that AbbVie cares about its employees' development. The truth is that AbbVie only cares about approximately 5% of its employees' development. Strong employees are made to feel useless simply because their managers have chosen to champion/support someone else, and we are all only as valuable as our last performance rating. The performance calibration process is disgusting to the point of almost being childish.

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AbbVie Response
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Thank you for sharing your feedback. At AbbVie, we strive for a culture that is inclusive and transparent. Please direct your concerns to HR Central at 1-844-663-4748 or HRCentral.UnitedStates@abbvie.com (you may do so anonymously).
1.0
Apr 30, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Opportunity to work on legendary brand, Humira Trying hard to break into competitive Oncology space Decent salaries and benefits, but not as generous as other biotechs in terms of employee contributions

Cons

Old school executive management with 1990's palatial C suite CEO is less than truthful about education, so hard to respect Lot's of internal politics Hard to foster needed culture change when former Abbott employees continue to run the show White and male dominated culture Spend obscene $ on executive offsite meetings while bleeding certain functions dry for basic business functions

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