Baxter Reviews

Pros

Wide range of products, strong competitive position

Cons

Very political organization- frat like environment drives promotional opportunites. Definitely a who you know not what you know driven organization

Pros

Flexibility in work life balance

Cons

Opportunities for advancement is generally limited

Advice to Senior Management

NA

Pros

Work / Life balance is good

Cons

Promotions and recognition given randomly. No rhyme or reason to who is promoted.

Pros

Great people to work with
Dedicated employees

Cons

Senior leadership is not in touch with the employee base

Advice to Senior Management

Do what you say you're going to do

Pros

Baxter Healthcare is involved with some very inovative therapies like flu vaccinations which the demand is expected to grow significantly in the next 5 years. There are also therapies in the pipeline for alzheimers in the works.

Cons

Baxter does not seem to have very many high margin products in its portfolio.

Pros

1. Excellent benefits package: medical, dental, vision, 2 weeks paid vacation, 401k company match, etc.

2. Very stable company, company stock performed exceptionally well during the Great Recession; NYSE prices did not plummet.

3. Baxter is a top Fortune 500 reputable company to work for; it is highly respected among its competitors in the pharmaceutical industry.

Cons

1. Lack of respect from upper management.

2. The QC Microbiology department is very, very dysfunctional. There is always bickering amongst the coworkers and a deep lack of trust and respect. The supervisors are a laughable joke, very incompetent, patronizing, too bossy and domineering!!

3. Baxter Bloomington is a very STRESSFUL place to work, but I would venture to say that Baxter as a global company would be an outstanding place of employment. If can stay away from Baxter Bloomington, Baxter International might be a more pleasurable experience.

4. Also, the "redneck" culture of the employees makes it sort of an uncomfortable place to work...the people are kind of backwards in their thinking, the ironic part is that they don't even realize it!!

5. Raise are practically a joke!! Each year, the company touts its record sales and revenue turns around and offers employees nickle raises, what a botched joke!

6. High turnover rate!! the place is poorly managed, people are forced to work every other weekend, employees are treated like they don't matter from upper management, and receive low pay--simply put, stay away from Baxter Bloomington! Stay away and run, you will save your career by doing so!!

7. The HR Dept. is also a joke...no more needs to be said.

Advice to Senior Management

1. Listen to your employees more.
2. Offer yearly bonuses to ALL employees based on annual sales and revenue of the company.
3. Quit being rude.

Pros

Healthcare is the place to be at the start of 21th century

Cons

Very entrenched cadre of old hands that believes in no change

Advice to Senior Management

Wake up to the healthcare change that must take place in next 20 years. Embrace dramatic change and reexamine the power structure.

Pros

Interesting medical projects
Good mentoring
Good job stability

Cons

Outsources the coolest projects/ a lot of the major design projects

Pros

Financially stable, good benefits and worklife balance. Talented people throughout organization.
Vast resources, strong belief in safety and quality control

Cons

The company innovates from outside by purchasing companies and technology instead of taking advantage of their employees vast knowledge and abilities. Management decisions are often kept secret and information is not shared freely in terms of organizational goals and research pipeline which creates an unpleasant political atmosphere. To survive here, you need lots of friends in management to tell you what is going on otherwise what you don't know will hurt you.

Advice to Senior Management

Share your true vision and scientific goals with your employees so that the atmosphere can be collaborative and everyone can work towards a common goal. If the vision and goals are only known by a few a divisive/ diminishing culture is created/ Your employees have great ideas we read and know our field, utlize us for innovation.

Pros

Stable company, gives big company experience on resume

Cons

Cost is number 1, followed by cost. Quality a distant third.
Technology and physical plant well behind industry standards.
Employees treated like children.

Advice to Senior Management

Specifically for the Hayward plant - the recent change in plant leadership can't hurt, but probably won't help. If you can't seem to avoid a 'breakroom coffee stock-out' that lasts two weeks, how can you expect anyone to have confidence in your ability to handle the big issues?