Driven for results - Senior Manager AbbVie Employee Review

4.0
12 Dec 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Evolving culture, great people, dedication to work in healthcare, expansive career growth, globally minded. Since transitioning from Abbott the shift towards a more nimble biotech is evident in the work that is done. The focus on a successful future is talked about on day to day basis. The vision of being a patient centric company is coming to life. Benefits are strong; onsite day care (like).

Cons

Campus is spread out and requires day to day planning to get to meetings, etc. Having most or all employees at the same location would be beneficial for cross collaboration. Some employees are on the train of change and others are still at the station, challenging to get new ideas through.

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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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