Good To Start, Long-Term Advancement Difficult - IT Manager Abbott Employee Review

2.0
May 20, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It's a pretty good place to start your career or be at when you have <5 years experience. In general, if you do good work at this stage of your career there are opportunities for advancement. If you are hired directly into a leadership position, the pay and benefits are really good, but see cons below around advancement opportunities.

Cons

Once you hit manager (or above if hired externally), opportunities for advancement become an unreachable bar to hit for most people. Everyone including your colleague's mother will be asked if they like you and think you are ready for the next level. It becomes extremely political and most top talent leave because it becomes nearly impossible to move up. If you are a strong worker and try to push for the best outcomes, you will likely not advance because it only takes one person with a different opinion to impact your advancement. Although DEI is important, the company has bonuses in place around promoting DEI individuals, regardless if there's a better performer that's not in the DEI category.

Explore other reviews about Abbott

5.0
Jun 3, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Work life balance is great

Cons

Remote work opportunities are minimal.

5.0
Jul 23, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great company to grow your career. You are able to work on challenging and interesting projects. You can develop a great network. Love that we have diversification as you can transfer from different divisions to gain new experiences. Great benefits. I get to work with a lot of smart and great people. We really focus on talent management/development.

Cons

We require 4 days a week in the office. We work really hard but it's fulfilling work. Performance expectations are high but that is why we are a successful company.

See reviews by: Helpful|Rating|Date|All