Pros
the only reason I have managed to stay 2 years at Abbot vascular in Santa Clara, CA is my coworkers.
Cons
Extremely top heavy. in RA organization of 40+, there are 9 directors!!! 3 left last year and only one was replaced. So yes there were 12 at one point. Last year we had 15 employees leave due to work stress. Management did not blink an eye. Handful contractors were hired and left due to poor treatment. They rather start out with new contractor vs hiring the existing ones. Maybe 4-5 permanent people were hired to fill those positions. We are told to be lean! the worker bees are expected to work 12-14 hour days because we're a global company. And if you want a promotion in 2-3 years you need to put in overtime and you might just get it. Yet compensation is at least 10-15% less than other companies. There is also a lot of outsourcing. IT is mostly gone, you deal with people in India who are not trained properly to do their job. Clinical has been outsourced to a CRO. There is one person left in doc control! Business slows because of broken systems and lack of proper resources.