Abbott Diabetes Care Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Abbott Diabetes Care

Pros – Decent benefits, some nice people, mostly smart colleagues in the technical departments.

Cons – Amazingly dysfunctional IT - it is just astounding - I had to open the same work item a dozen times as they marked it completed without addressing it.
Very oppressive feeling - people seem to be scared of each other, very cliquish.
Life at ADC is more about looking smart and informed and less about producing results.
Management is treacherous, unsupportive, vicious.
They're glad to hire several contractors in India instead of engineers in California.
Lots of pressure to donate money to select charities - managers are held accountable for their departments' donations to the CEO's old company/charity.

Advice to Senior Management – Fix the IT department. Don't lay off entire departments (like marketing) because upper-management cannot make things work. Don't advertise that Miles makes $20-30 million per year while outsourcing, laying off, and canceling projects. Remove as much red tape as possible.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Abbott Diabetes Care

Pros – Good, competent co-workers.
Good location
Big Abbott Resources available
Good benefits
Diabetes community involvement
Decent products

Cons – Virtually non-existant upward career growth
Clear favoritism in promotions/recognition
Too much red-tape in the wrong places
Lack of clear processes
Mid-management has too many people afraid to make decisions

Advice to Senior Management – Invest in infrastructure and improve the career advancement opportunities for employees based on competency. This will help keep knowledgeable people and help them be more efficient and motivated.

Current Employee – been working at Abbott Diabetes Care

Pros – 1. Great benefits
2. Good support for personal needs
3. Adequate pay
4. Great peers

Cons – 1. Very bureaucratic
2. Frequent organizational changes
3. Lack of career growth opportunities

Advice to Senior Management – Support those people who are executing your strategies. Know what it takes to get the job done versus telling your subordinates to deliver programs, projects and tactics that are not feasible

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Abbott Diabetes Care

Pros – Of more than 6 companies I have worked for - no where has there been a greater focus on the patient at all levels of the organization. This is a great feeling and generally people that work here are competent. Benefits package is standard for the Bay Area. I feel secure in my job.

Cons – In my niche, management seems a bit disconnected from the business. The usual big company issue of people having been here for 10+ years and the inertia that sometimes comes with that. There is also a serious lack of standard processes and systems to help work more effeciently and management is not forward thinking enough to invest in putting in that infrastructure.

Advice to Senior Management – Lack of process and infrastructure to support business processes is seriously affecting our business.

Current Employee – been working at Abbott Diabetes Care

Pros – Solid job security. Great place to stay for 25 years if you want

Cons – To stay for 25 years you may have to put some of your opinions, dreams and ideas on the shelf

Advice to Senior Management – Your most valuable resource are your employees. Work harder to make them feel empowered and value.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Abbott Diabetes Care

Pros – 1. Compatible pay and benefits
2. Balanced work and family time

Cons – 1. lack of business vision
2. lousy Sales and Marketing strategy
3. poor discipline on top management if making mistakes.
4. too much manager/worker ratio

Advice to Senior Management – Make good visions on products and concentration on R & D. Cutting managers vs worker ratio.

Current Employee – been working at Abbott Diabetes Care

Pros – Benefits from Abbott Corporate
Good education and overall support structure

Cons – Senior management with many shifting priorities

Advice to Senior Management – Give time for thinking and managing projects

Former Employee – worked at Abbott Diabetes Care

Pros – Compensation is reasonable. Schedules are somewhat flexible, with options to occasionally work from home. There is plenty of opportunity for travel both domestic and international.

Cons – High turn over of senior management makes for poor business strategy, if ANY can be said to exist. Tactics are very reactionary, unfocused and under resourced. Traction on projects is almost impossible. Extremely long hours are expected and extra effort is not appreciated. Promotions are based on political alliances not merit.

Advice to Senior Management – Management needs to focus on just a few things ADC does well. Too many half thought out pet projects suck resources and funds. More talent with experience actually executing strategy is desperately needed. Multiple groups compete and waste effort looking for a magic panacea to FIX the business. Information is rarely gathered and assimilated in a way that supports informed decision making. For example, the organization wastes time, resources and money because it resists checking benchmarking hurdles, before launching ideas (product or marketing campaigns) into the market.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Abbott Diabetes Care

Pros – Hands-on interactions with patients. The product is genuinely the best available on the market.

Cons – Similar concerns accross entire industry. Cost reductions. Managed care accecss can be a severe challenge.

Advice to Senior Management – more access needed to mhc plans to create more growth opportunities.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Abbott Diabetes Care

Pros – managers are usually very sensitive to people's work life balance.

Cons – started to get more political

Advice to Senior Management – don't know.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend