Bausch & Lomb Reviews

Pros

Sophistication , recognition in the Market , respect , good reputation of the company. Has been operating from past 160 years. One of the oldest companies in Medical Technology.

Cons

Has a scope to aggressively promote and market themselves.

Advice to Senior Management

Employee Appreciation and Strict follow up to check proper strategy Implementation.

Pros

* Good benefits
* Company is on the rise in its industry
* Executive level leadership appears ethical, competent and is turning the business around
* All divisions/businesses are growing

Cons

* Lack of opportunities for advancement/growth
* Poor site leadership
* Key leadership positions filled by legacy employees who are doing more harm than good
* Company is owned by Private Equity Firm

Pros

always looking for improvements in processes

Cons

reduction in workforce is the biggest downside

Advice to Senior Management

promote from within

Pros

Great place to get a tons of diverse experience for your resume. Work life balance is excellent as are co-workers for the most part...a friendly place to work.

Cons

Annual employee performace rating is established well before the employee submits self evaluation and before immediate manager review, thus making the entire process a sham.
Very difficult to get promoted and your chances are much better if you are coming from the outside as they do not really promote from within.
Lots of silos and hangers on that are unproductive, don't have real jobs and not qualified for what they are doing, but keep their positions because of their relationships not performance or value.
Wasteful spending on T&E when it should be put into the business.

Advice to Senior Management

Manage to improve profitability for real, not just for the next "event" to improve your position. Executive leadership team should really take a critical look at each other and their reports as if they owned the company and see if they would choose these same individuals if they were spending their money.

Pros

They do give a good amount of vacation and 5 days sick time. Competitive pay and benefits. Clean working atmosphere with almost zero danger of hazardous chemicals.

Cons

Because of the process if they get behind on production or incoming orders overtime becomes overwhelming. They will run every weekend and people sometimes beg to get off. Some supervisors, not all, can be ruthless. It is not a hard job people make the job hard.

Advice to Senior Management

Deeper look at whether some poeple are credible enough to hold there positions. Again not all but a some percentage.

Pros

Flexible. If you have personal difficulties they are very understanding.
Good leadership. Communication has improved over the years.
Good working environment. Coworkers are very professional.

Cons

Little or none growth opportunities. If you don't mind doing the same stuff for years, this is your kind of place. If you want to grow, you need to look other places.

Advice to Senior Management

You need to be more open to cross-functional opportunities for employees who want to grow.
If someone is a temp but very efficient and competitive but does not have a degree, that person still should have an opportunity to apply for a position. I've seen good people leaving and bad people being hired because a piece of paper.

Pros

There's enough opportunity to bring change into one's domain. You are most of the time the key driver for your department.

Cons

Your ideas might not be welcomed as the senior management is already preoccupied with theirs. May be you are discouraged by poor response of other stake holders.

Advice to Senior Management

Be open and encourage employees to share the best practices. Implement the new ideas wherever it brings positive outcome for the organization/ people.

Pros

Goals are generally clearly communicated, and priorities are well established. There is plenty of work to be done.

Cons

I actually like my job, but find it very difficult to develop any camaraderie with my coworkers. The environment here is very cut-throat, everyone is always looking out for themselves. This culture is actually often encouraged by management, pitting team members against each other. Management is strictly interested in making money, very little to no emphasis on people- they say they care, but they clearly don't.

Pros

Great benefits and good working environment. Flexible hours and genuine concerm for employees. Some managers were consistently fair. Company tried to be a great place to work.

Cons

No opportunities for promotion within. If you didn't work for the company, you had a better chance of a higher position within.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep your older workers and promote from within. Keep your promises to people and be fair!! Reward hard work with more and better opportunities for current employees!

Pros

good commute good benefir package

Cons

rush to goals without clear planning

Advice to Senior Management

should open to constructive suggestions, allow employees to voice concerns