Abbott Labs Reviews

Pros

Challenging, exposure to multiple therapeutic areas

Cons

Politics, poor management, too conservative

Advice to Senior Management

Figure out how to recognize and promote talented individuals

Pros

stability and advantages were great pros for company

Cons

resturctures and mergers created more of a pressured enviornment

Pros

Work life balance. Good benefits. Nice people.

Cons

Cold weather in chicago. Far from the city.

Advice to Senior Management

none.

Pros

Large company with a somewhat stable employment.

Cons

Being so large the company is slow to react to changes.

Advice to Senior Management

Be more flexible.

Pros

Helpful co-workers, quality experience, ability to work at own pace

Cons

problems exist between management goals and production realities, leading to lost time/ unachieveable expectations

Advice to Senior Management

more structured management of interns

Pros

Good salary. Decent training opportunities.

Cons

Promotions are scarce. Lack of employee enthusiasm.

Advice to Senior Management

Better define process to get promoted.

Pros

Strong commitment to patient care.

Cons

Strengthen some of the career paths for advancement.

Advice to Senior Management

Strengthen the ability for employees to pursue career opportunities within the various subdivsions.

Pros

Opportunities to learn the business and transfer to other areas.

Cons

Not the company it used to be. Director levels don't know the job or have leadership anymore, but are good at filling out reports.

Advice to Senior Management

The good middle management has been squeezed out and this makes for a week leadership at a time of greater competition.

Pros

Benefits
Profit Sharing
Small family feel
In depth knowledge of niche market
Good managed care training
Very reasonable working hours

Cons

Senior management vision resulted in poor product launch resulting in various sales force reductions.
Aging product turned smaller and smaller bonuses.
Weak pipeline.
Medicare 'bundling'
Job description and responsibilities constantly change and increase.
Specialty injectable salespeople not utilized to their best qualities.
Specialty injectable sales force eventually reduced to office based capsule sales.

Advice to Senior Management

SPIFFS and career advancement was not potent enough to warrant motivation.
Frequent sales direction changes and ineffective product launch weakened confidence.
Injectable business was the steak and capsule sales was the sizzle.
Bonuses dried up while responsibilities increased.

Pros

great benefits...great medical and dental...cash profit sharing is awesome right before Christmas

Cons

lots of politics not rewarding employees equally

Advice to Senior Management

don't make promises you know you can't keep. Reward your best sales reps or you will lose them.