Love the highly collaborative culture and how the company is reinventing the large corporation - Managing Director AbbVie Employee Review

5.0
Dec 8, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Great onboarding experience, ensuring I had meetings and discussions with the key people and teams important to my role - Outstanding career opportunities globally and a clear philosophy on talent management - Highly competitive salary and benefits - Strong patient focus throughout the business - I know my impact is much greater than impacting a company's bottom line, it is impacting people's health and wellness worldwide - A unique "All for One" approach to decision making - Outstanding product portfolio and innovation pipeline that will continue to keep the company in a leadership position in the industry

Cons

- A few too many meetings at times due to the scope of project teams and commitment to inclusiveness - Lack of some key processes and workflows as a result of being a newer company that is redefining the way it works and operates - Inconsistent workspace and environment - some workspace is very traditional while other is very modern and open (dependent on location)

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
Jul 3, 2026
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Pros

Big Pharma Name Recognition: Having Allergan/AbbVie on your resume provides industry visibility.

Cons

Extreme Governance & Bureaucracy: Allergan is paralyzed by red tape. There are far too many governance layers just to get basic regulatory strategies vetted out. Flawed Compliance Infrastructure: Product approvals are heavily dependent on documentation. However, current records are completely inadequate. Management fundamentally fails to understand how these systems are interlinked. Unqualified & Absentee Leadership: The leader with department oversight completely lacks the expected knowledge and experience for this level, making her a massive liability. She is rarely in the office but knows exactly how to work the system. She aggressively pushes for unnecessary, in-person regulatory meetings solely to accumulate personal travel points rather than to mitigate actual business risks. Disastrous Transition Management: The leadership transition wreaked total havoc across the department. Negligent HR Department: HR shows zero interest in investigating why good talent is leaving the company. Alarming Job Security Signs: It is a massive red flag when a leader encourages employees to apply for roles entirely unrelated to their expertise, or receiving automated AI notifications about job openings outside your department.

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