Abbott Labs Reviews in Chicago, IL

I worked at Abbott Labs full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Abbott was a great learning experience and provided a chance to try new things. They are well financed and open to new ideas.

Cons – Too much change at one time leads to uncoordinated projects, delays, impacts to customers, and product quality, all of which can be avoided with proper project management.

Advice to Senior Management – Yes project management is an additional overhead cost, but invest in it now and your long term costs and impacts will be minimized.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Abbott Labs full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Great products, dedicated employees - those who are left.

Cons – The changes never end, work was constant turmoil. The last 5 years have seen employees replaced with cheap, untrained contract help yet management compensation soars.

Advice to Senior Management – Prune management from top to bottom - you are tripping all over yourselves, interfering and impeding those who actually have something to do.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Abbott Labs as a contractor for more than a year

Pros – Great opportunities for personal development

Cons – To many politics, contractors, personal connecttions, philosophers

Advice to Senior Management – Hire more doers than philosophers

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Abbott Labs full-time for more than a year

Pros – friendly, nice place to work and nice ppl to work with

Cons – slow, a simple thing needs to go through too many departments

Advice to Senior Management – more free room, i.e work from hom

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Abbott Labs as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Great people and great project.

Cons – hard to say. maybe very busy

I have been working at Abbott Labs full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Great Company, Great Experience, Great Ops

Cons – Great Company that is very large so if looking to learn alot of areas need to move around alot

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

I worked at Abbott Labs as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Helpful people, great learning environment..

Cons – Slow paced, need to more challenged work.

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

I worked at Abbott Labs full-time for less than a year

Pros – Stable job, most employees work for as many as 10-15 years

Cons – have to have contacts for growth,

– I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Abbott Labs

Pros – It is difficult to be terminated at Abbott

Cons – Poor Leadership
A general disrespect for contributors
HR very very poorly ran
No sharing of best practices between divisions

Advice to Senior Management – Make leadership development your major focus and that will have an impact at every level of your company!

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Abbott Labs

Pros – The environment was very good and friendly considering it is such a large multinational corporation. The salary was also competitive

Cons – Expect you to work hard and cannot blame them considering the competitive salary level and what the company does on a day-to-day basis.

Advice to Senior Management – Would recommend people who feel they would like to be part of a company that makes roducts that are used everday and everywhere.