Eli Lilly Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Eli Lilly full-time for more than a year

Pros – Very work life balanced, great pay, great people and great products. Very respected by customers

Cons – Massive layoffs. It will be interesting to see if the company can still hold to its values

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Eli Lilly full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Lilly values are shared broadly and I believe truly believed by a majority of management. Just look at the way the company handled divestment of assets and redundancies. You will always have disgruntled employees who blame others. however, with Lilly being the 4th company I have worked for, the grass is indeed greener here.

Cons – The culture can be too nice and lack transparency at times

Advice to Senior Management – Be honest and transparent with your direct reports. People can take bad news, even the "exemplary" performers that are heroes in their own minds. Allowing someone to believe they are top performers when they are only meeting expectations won't help the organization long term.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Eli Lilly full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Good Management
Great Salary
A lot of autonomy
Excellent Products
Promising Future if Pipeline of Drugs get approved

Cons – Downsizing.
Future of Pharamaceutical Sales Careers Shrinking as the Healthcare Industry Changes.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Eli Lilly

Pros – Awesome drugs that really do improve the lives of our patients.

Cons – Patent expiration means job expiration. Emphasis on sales results has been watered down over the last few years.

Advice to Senior Management – None

Current Employee – been working at Eli Lilly full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Treat people fairly and with great respect-- unmatched benefits compensation and opportunity will develop you and provide huge growth opportunities

Cons – highly regulated industry makes it challenging at times

Advice to Senior Management – continue to invest in people engagement matters

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Eli Lilly full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Good salary and beneifits. Very transparent communicators. Employees are very proactive about resolving problems. Employees are very customer service oriented with both internal and external business partners.

Cons – Lilly lost Zyprexa patent and many employees lost their jobs in 2011. Lilly is thinning out the employee population again in 2013 due to loss of Cymbalta patent and Evista. No company workforce reduction plan is in place for 2013. It's currently up to each organization to find ways to cut expenses. I've lost 3 out of 4 job assignments in the past 5 years.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Eli Lilly full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Eli Lilly truly values its people. Collaboration abounds, work/life balance is valued, and managers actually care about developing their team members.

Cons – Indianapolis is small city that lacks culture.

Advice to Senior Management – Move your headquarters out of Indianapolis or offer more corporate-based employment opportunities elsewhere.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Eli Lilly

Pros – Diversity, compensation, focus on methods of sale as much as results, great management

Cons – Conservative hiring policies, which conversely means fewer layoffs.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Eli Lilly full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Great, once you are in.

Cons – Hard to get your foot into the door.

Advice to Senior Management – n/a

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Eli Lilly full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – -Management cares about you personally, takes time to reach out during those important moments in life -Flexibility -Great work ethic

Cons – -Upward mobility is available to those who want to move up in the organization but requires you to MOVE outside of your geography and even move to corporate headquarters which most people don't want to.

Advice to Senior Management – Allow people to move up the ladder without moving to Indy

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company