Baxter Reviews

Pros

Solid talent across organization; good benefits

Cons

The deep cost controls do not allow for much personal growth developmentally or financially. Though the company is doing well, headcounts are not refilled. Very tense organization.

Advice to Senior Management

Stop playing favorites. Make decisions that are not based upon personal opinion but facts.

Pros

gain experience , excellent references from management to pursuit other opportunies.

Cons

loss of job to offshore labor...HCL ...cough...cough...

Advice to Senior Management

Management is powerless when faced with FDA distrust...

Pros

Brand has a good reputation.

Cons

Marketing dept has too much power and not enough valid market information.

Advice to Senior Management

Start having middle managers rated by their employees. Too many bad managers exist.

Pros

Knowledgeable people
Peers help each other
validation and quality are important attributes to Baxter Bioscience as a whole
decisions are made slowly and often need to move to diffferent rings such as division and headquater

Cons

Management tends to look down on contractors and other lower level workers
Clean room policies are tended to ignore when mgmt not on site

Advice to Senior Management

better training is needed in term of how the operation work and even through empower and embrace others with a vision is great. Really empower people to do their jobs the way they see fix for the situation is even better.

Pros

- I got a lot of experience very quickly. If you are willing to work hard, you can build a good resume.
- Experience in FDA controlled environment

Cons

- long hours for salary employees with no comp time
- high pressure to succeed but no appreciation or recognition for success
- rate of production is valued over quality of product
- aggressive and political environment
- lack of committment to decisions
- try to resolve problems through repetitive meetings instead of taking action
- no work / life balance

Advice to Senior Management

- Listen to your employees when they tell you that they are worn out
- Make timley decisions and stick to them.
- Communicate more honestly with employees

Pros

Job stability and very friendly environment

Cons

Job advancement may be difficult at one point. Salaries does not really reflect the level of the educational background.

Advice to Senior Management

promote value employees to reduce to level of people quitting their job

Pros

Experience to big company and it's bureaucracy.

Cons

Heartless upper/senior management that work/life balance remains just "talk".

Pros

Good natured employees, team mentality, company pride, life saving products, regular department meetings, open information sharing, well documented process and procedures.

Cons

High chemical exposure for those working in or near the manufacturing process, corporate direction and local management direction sometimes gave conflicting messages.

Pros

They try to make good for the patients and shareholders.
Located in Chicago (nice city!)
Good leadership in certain brands

Cons

Lots of dinosaurs - few people know the difference between good and great
Resources allocated only to the large $1Bn brands

Advice to Senior Management

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Pros

-Flexible work schedule
-Summer hours
-Management is willing to provide as much responsibility as you're willing to take on
-Friendly work environment
-Medical field provides a very stable employment environment
-Good benefits package

Cons

-Top down management style that doesn't welcome dissenting opinions
-Non existent professional development.
-Company values external over internal experience. Saw numerous qualified people get passed over for promotions in favor of hiring someone external.
-No recognition. Mediocre work earns you the same review/raise as doing extraordinary work. This has led to a lazy organization.
-Heavy work load. The company is chronically understaffed with a backlog of projects. If you work hard to get your work done early, you are "rewarded" with a new project.
-Penny smart, pound foolish. They're worried about preventing the purchase of name brand pens while refusing to increase head count that could implement huge cost savings.

Advice to Senior Management

You are letting talent walk out the door everyday with the way you are treating your employees. Look into ways to increase the retention rate.