Abbott reviews

3.7

70% would recommend to a friend

(9,415 total reviews)
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Robert Ford

77% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Abbott has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 9,415 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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3.0
Jun 21, 2016

It is a shame....

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Pros

Great products. Great co-workers. Great customers.

Cons

Leadership (VP level) focus has shifted away from customer needs and toward profit margins. This approach is forcing middle management to micro-manage and creates an environment which distrusts the employee's ability to know what is best for their territory and customers. Ultimately, driving away great employees and managers.

3.0
May 18, 2016
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Pros

For management, there is good pay, good stock bonuses, good long-term incentives, good benefits, and a retirement pension plan (which most companies no longer offer).

Cons

There has been a lot of out-sourcing and layoffs, so definitely a "do more with less" environment. It is an increasingly difficult place to work. With the layoffs specifically, the work does not seem to go away, rather it gets piled onto the people who are retained. I find myself regularly asking if the pay and benefits worth it.

1.0
Apr 4, 2016
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Pros

Employees are friendly, good location, cafeteria is inexpensive, free parking, and an on-site workout facility.

Cons

Bad work plans, not empowering, no strategy for the future, no real brand management, top down management, very bad work/life balance, work is not rewarding, and no real actionable innovation. No training to speak of and leadership has a high amount of discord, separation, and back stabbing. Extremely high turnover as people last very little across roles especially in marketing. Promised great and challenging brand work and work/life balance which are all far from the reality and truth. No diversity to speak of especially above manager level. Do not accept relocation unless you plan to stay 3 years as they ask you to sign a 3 year agreement and do not tell you the cost of the relocation until after it is complete and you get a tax record but that is not all encompassing and they will have almost 50% not reported there which you do not find out about until you put in 2 weeks notice. They also will bend the rules for some and not for others, and "others" tend to be diverse. They have an entire internal relocation collections department that is fully staffed to collect relocation from departing employees.

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