Abbott reviews

3.7

70% would recommend to a friend

(9,413 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 9,413 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 Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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2.0
Oct 29, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

The benefits were solid, the people are good and the products are generally of high quality. It is a great place to gain experience in the industry and it looks great on a resume when seeking your next opportunity.

Cons

Where to start? There is little to no growth opportunity within the Division. The division has not been replacing employees who have left which has resulted in people taking on many extra duties with no recognition. In one functional area, the department has last 14 employees in the past 6 months with no new hires and no plan to replace the personnel who left. Attrition is huge within the past year. Most people try to do a good job, but the bureaucratic hurdles are sometimes so challenging and cumbersome that it wears people down. There is a large level of middle management without enough workers to get things accomplished and Executive Management is too far removed from the daily operations to understand what is going on. The morale is horrible and people will continue to leave if things do not start changing. There is huge favoritism that goes on within the entire organization. Management manages to meet numbers to look good, rather than making the hard decisions that need to be made. No-one wants to cause any commotion and raise the issues to management.

1.0
May 26, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The Pros are few, but there are some: There is a great network of engineers in their twenties who make life bearable. High turnover means you will get responsibility faster than in other environments. Being part of a larger company means cash keeps flowing in the hard times.

Cons

Middle management is weak and inexperienced Pay is poor, circa bottom 20% for the area Culture is poor, people universally feel overworked, underpaid and under-appreciated. I've never worked somewhere where so many people hated their jobs. Recent layoffs in 01/14. Due to the above turnover extremely high (>50%) Organization is propped up by contractors and visa workers

1.0
Sep 16, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Some people- through professionals, good benefits, good salary,proximity to south bay, well connected to major cities. home of former blockbuster heart stent (xience)

Cons

Too many to list- some important ones; 1. Occupational health hazards- ergonomic injuries hushed up for years due to constantly demanding and leadership lacking professionals in management levels, surprized that CA health authorities have not taken notice 2. No pipeline. Risky business proposition product- with all eggs in one basket which is very likely to fail 3. Undeserving promotions (only 2 qualifications needed- lack of brain cells and ability to play golf or watch 49er games with management) 4. No accountability- when best employees were leaving and atmosphere was created to drive away the 'smart' folks- senior management cheered! 5. Absolute lack of ethics, morals and standards for >50% of employees. 6. Job descriptions; 80% time making stupid power point slides to make manager look good infront of senior management/important audience and explain to him and reherse with him the content(Must do- non negotiable); 15% some actual scientific work (optional), 5% push paper with blind eyes- required. You will loose your skills very fast and become Abbotized and no one will want you anyway then

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