Eli Lilly Reviews

Pros

Work-Family balance; good benefits; reward and recognition; opportunities and challenges

Cons

Like other companies, going through difficult times, which is impacting employee morale. Loss of jobs, but company does more than just hand a pink slip. Starting to rely too much on outsoucing, losing talent and knowledge base.

Advice to Senior Management

Outsoucing is not always the answer. It can save money, but it causes the knowledge to be lost. Vendors don't have the same stake in the company as employees, usually causing more time to get simple tasks completed and more red tape.

Pros

Great training, great managers (all mine were at least), strong name presence
Open communication, give alot of independence on running your territory

Cons

Nothing really about the company, it's the environment that's a little challenging with offices refusing to accept calls, difficult access to the doctors.

Pros

Access to leadership
Training in marketing excellence and principles
Ability to impact the business
Good overall compensation package

Cons

Bureaucracy
Tough place to achieve work-life balance but you can if you try
Not the most entrepreneurial place to work
Sometimes not the friendliest place to be

Advice to Senior Management

Open it up for innovation from below rather than directives from the top. I know this is happening but must primarily be accomplished through actions by leadership to remove roadblocks and change entrenched attitudes about this vs. talking about this and challenging employees to change when many are shut down when offering new, different ideas from what has been done traditionally.

Pros

The benefits and relocation packages are great, until you file your taxes, be very careful with that. All kinds of little psychological tests to manipulate through the process, be aware or be gone.

Cons

There is a very inbred mentality going all the way back to Eli himself. Self sacrifice is a given, what less would a Civil War hero demand. However, I sometimes wondered whose side he was on.

Advice to Senior Management

Get the science back into this company or it will fail in our lifetimes. It's just so completely number and business oriented now - but you need a certain critical mass of 1. Science and 2. Honesty

Pros

Good company, allows flexible work schedules, pay is good

Cons

looks of organizational change resulting in job eliminations although company is hiring externally

Pros

benefits, atmosphere, challenging work environment

Cons

limited advancement for young employees

Advice to Senior Management

invest in your future, which are the younger generations!

Pros

There are great benefits including salary, car, retirement, 401 savings, etc. Lilly is respected as a company among our customers.

Cons

Lilly is a typical, large, publicly traded corporation. People at the top are often out of touch with life of the employees in the "trenches".

Advice to Senior Management

We all know our industry has changed and continues to change. Give the reps in the field who are closest to our customers a platform to give honest insight as to how to our business is perceived from the customer's point of view.

Pros

Very good benefits package. You will make a nice living and be able to have a pretty nice life. The company has good intentions in what they do.

Cons

There is potential for growth at Lilly but a lot depends on who you know. Work/Life balanced is preached but not followed.

Advice to Senior Management

Don't treat your employees like slaves. If you say we're all a family, act like it.

Pros

the company is very good with allowing vacation/personal days, well recognized employer in a respectable industry, company car, free lunch

Cons

the immediate manager had no work/life balance and therefore didn't allow the employees to have it either. sales numbers lie and that's what you're being compensated on. promotions are biased.

Advice to Senior Management

management needs more communication with employees, the company's IT systems are outdated, they say they care but they really don't,

Pros

Respect for people and opportunities to grow in multiple professional areas and make contributions.

Cons

Lately, the environment has become very short term focused with looming patent expirations. The senior leadership hasn't been able to fill the pipeline gap and some of the executives are bringing on people just like them so that no one can challenge them. Takes too long to make any decision.

Advice to Senior Management

Focus on results and cut bonuses at the VP level until some new medicines are launched!