Abbott reviews

3.7

70% would recommend to a friend

(9,420 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 9,420 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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1.0
Sep 28, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Great coworkers smart management plenty of parking space it was a good place while it lasted, now it's being prepared for final closing or at least a major downsizing.

Cons

Cycle after cycle of lay-offs, there is almost no one left there except very few employees, a whole lot of bosses, and some contractors. The full time employees org chart looks like an upside down pyramid where there are more bosses than workers. The people still working there have to pick up the responsibilities of those who left in addition to their own, which is almost impossible to accomplish after few lay-offs. Abbott Corporate is dissecting this whole company and sending the work overseas where it's cheaper, it's just matter of time before they close down the whole site.

1.0
Sep 2, 2014

Do not work here

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Working here will give you exposure to medical devices and allow for decent work life balance. It is one of the few companies that still offer a pension. Relaxed environment however, this also hampers efficiency and efficacy.

Cons

Politics, unfair hiring practices, no accountability for senior management. Hierarchical, no real development pathways just ride the coattails of whomever has the most influence. Tend to be on the low end for compensation in the Bay area.

2.0
Aug 15, 2014

Paralysis by analysis!!

Recommend
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Pros

Good lateral opportunities if you are willing to relocate. Good benefits

Cons

Management is too reactive and not proactive enough and doesn't care about input from anyone under VP level. This causes horrible work life balance as you are constantly asked to provide more and more meaningless projects. This work environment doesn't allow you to look forward and do productive projects. You work for months to develop a budget and forecast with solid, supported backup, however Mgmt does't care or listen. They tell you what your numbers are going to be…defeats the purpose of 'building' a budget. Mgmt could have just said what number they wanted and saved everyone a lot of time and effort. Be prepared to kiss up, or you don't move up in the company. VERY political.

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