“Top down management, lack of people empowerment”

Pros:  “-Amazingly beautiful and lush campus environment -Fully supportive of flexible and work from home arrangements”

Cons:  “-Big, slow, bureaucratic organization -Too Germanic and conservative, not flexible or innovative in thinking style. -Dreadful IT support and HR management” – Full Review

“Great place to work!”

Pros:  “Upward mobility, constant challenge and change”

Cons:  “Changing industry, federal constraints, public perception of industry” – Full Review

“US Corporate IT is very Toxic - Old boys club”

Pros:  “Working for Astellas as a company. Good benefits and good package.(but as they say, there is always a catch and If you work in IT ...you are doomed".)”

Cons:  “IT department has no strategy. No respect for employees. Leader is over his head, arrogant. Senior IT leaders always find a scape goat to place the blame on. Does…” – Full Review

“Jazz Pharmaceuticals has simply been the greatest work experience of my career.”

Pros:  “The people are what make it great. Everyone has a job to do and they do it with great pride knowing they are respected and appreciated. The company culture is the best in…”

Cons:  “Change can come slowly and being a smaller company there is increased risk for the long term. To date, the only negative comment would be the incentive…” – Full Review

“Alcon WAS a great place to work”

Pros:  “Atmosphere, people, salary and benefits. Having a health clinic on campus was great so that you didn't have to take so much time out to go see your doctor for something…”

Cons:  “The merge with Novartis has really hurt Alcon, employees who have been there for years are seeing changes that aren't that great but new comers don't know the…” – Full Review

“Excellent experience with a large stratified business.”

Pros:  “You can merge into your best role at this company and work horizontally towards your most desired role. Management really works with you to ensure you enjoy working your…”

Cons:  “Difficult to get promoted vertically. You may struggle to obtain the promotion you want, and even after 20 years, you may not be the best candidate.” – Full Review

“Office Bullying Place....?”

Pros:  “Good people at the manufacturing floor level (i.e., operators) with a strong desire to provide ideas, be considered, appreciated and respected as human beings with a unique…”

Cons:  “Change in "Senior" Management a couple of years ago created a chaos in the organization, dislocating every aspect of its culture. Thus, a tense, unknown, dubious…” – Full Review

“Great Place to Work”

Pros:  “Great pay & benefits, smart coworkers and managers, beautiful campus, great employee perks (gotta love the cafeteria!)”

Cons:  “Some employees are concerned that there will be massive layoffs if a new drug is not released by 2014.” – Full Review

“Excellent Company”

Pros:  “Great people, excellent benefits, generous paid time off, closed the week of Christmas, excellent opportunities to advance career, tuition reimbursement. I was downsized…”

Cons:  “High expectations and there a a LOT of processes. "Do more with less" culture. All global sites are truly run by Switzerland. I really have nothing bad to say…” – Full Review