Bristol-Myers Squibb Reviews

Pros

This company offers a great benefits package and competitive salary. The company does a good job of communicating all relevant business information to employees and has a culture of openness as far as what is going on with the company and senior management.

Cons

Although the company has good policies in place, there is a lack of civility and respect by local (lower level) management toward employees. Cronyism is rampant throughout the regional area. Although this may not be entirely systematic, the company has failed to get a good grasp on the problem and handle it effectively. This results in a culture that breeds a hostile work environment within a local region.

Advice to Senior Management

Monitor your local leadership teams very carefully and identify behavior/conduct that is not in alignment with company values or goals. Put a better system in place that incorporates a 360 review for your management teams.

Pros

Ability to meet and work with many different people from all over the world. Sense that work was valuable to the world at large

Cons

Profession of corporate philosophy didn't always translate to actual practice. Unwillingness of upper management to admit to making mistakes.

Advice to Senior Management

In a regulated industry there are only so many ways to do business without compromising the outcome.

Pros

Strongest Pipeline
Focus on the Patients needs to make a difference
Benefits

Cons

Pockets of Management that have lost the passion
Pockets of employees that abuse the system and ruin it for others

Advice to Senior Management

Communicate more frequently to the employees
Take the positive changes made so far and keep communicating it enthusiastically

Pros

Flexible work hours; can acquire good experience

Cons

Compensation; career advancement opportunities; recognition

Advice to Senior Management

More transparency

Pros

Like a family company !!!

Cons

I dont have to say nothong bad

Advice to Senior Management

BMS is the perfect company to work until retirement

Pros

Great experience, good people, great opportunities

Cons

None. Good company to work for.

Pros

We have negotiated for decent health insurance.

Cons

Management hates unions and has tried, and is still trying, to destroy us. They have sold off most of the highest grossing subdivisions, outsourced almost all manufacturing, and downsized to run on a skeleton crew. Now they have outsourced the maintenance. Meanwhile the researchers spend half the day in the gym, not at their desks.

Advice to Senior Management

Bring manufacturing back to the USA! We make better product.

Pros

Bristol Myers Squibb offers great benefits, company car, and expenses paid. The job is not difficult. If you are lucky to have a FAIR manager and you see your doctors you should be successful.

Cons

The company is not concerned with DIVERSITY. Some of the manager's are inexperienced, unprofessional, and unfair. If you have a manager who dislikes you for whatever reason, numbers and a successful territory don't matter. The manager is allowed to give a bogus performance evaluation and Human Resources does nothing to support the representative.

Advice to Senior Management

Carefully pick your leadership team. There are some people in leadership roles who don't have a clue of how to be a good leader. There are very diverse individuals who are qualified to work for Bristol Myers Squibb. It is very sad to go to a national or regional meeting and see a building full of people who all look the same. It is 2011.

Pros

Good salary and good benefits package

Cons

Job insecurity, high stress, lack of appreciation for hard work and loyalty

Advice to Senior Management

Give people more job security

Pros

Great coworkers, knowledge sharing is strong
Strong marketing/creative facilities; multi media highly valued
Easy access to management
Constant communication across teams/brands

Cons

Expectations to work endless hours is grueling
Outdated computer systems dominate the maketing/regulatory process
Constantly changing personnel with contractors coming and going
Training on the fly is not effective

Advice to Senior Management

Develop solid training for new hires and contractors to make ramp-up time useful. Get rid of Mercury - a seriously outdated document management system.