Eli Lilly Reviews

Pros

Great / educated work force and ample opportunities to see a wide range of projects and different areas in the business.

Cons

Upward career progression is slow given the businesses lack of production from its product pipeline - i.e. they are not in growth mode at the current time.

Advice to Senior Management

Seems to be a number of individuals in the finance function that moved up the chain during the boom years (zyprexa/prozac) - who are more worried about job security than steamlining the organization - need to put more pressure on those who aren't performing.

Pros

Competitive financial compensation, great health benefits (of course, they're a drug company), flexibility of work hours, ability to treat the job as if it's like your own business, company car, GAS CARD, travel incentives.

Cons

Robotic senior management that likes to pass on that mentality to their sales reps, opportunity for advancement is very limited, narrow product pipeline.

Advice to Senior Management

Listen, listen, listen to your field reps! It is understandable that there is proper protocol to follow but there are times when "creativity" bust be thrown in to the sales process. There are many doctors out there who would rather talk to a "human being" rather than a robot who spits out nothing but data that is required by management.

Pros

Excellent salaries and bonus levels. Excellent resources and generally an ability to do things your way (can only speak for a lab setting). Perfect for someone with a family.

Cons

The current senior management (like those before them in the past 15 years) is driving this company into the ground. Layoffs are still occurring and can only be expected to get worse when Zyprexa loses its patent later this year. They are also leaving $billions in revenue on the table because they feel that as a company, it is below the to compete in the generic arena.

Advice to Senior Management

Stop treating everyone at the company like they are dumb. When you are finally bought out and gutted, it will be obvious who the fools were.

Pros

Wonderful People and good benefits

Cons

The Field is decreasing entirely

Pros

excellent compensation and benefits for the area but only comparible for the industry. sincere respect for diversity and people in gereral.

Cons

golden handcuffs are on a little too tight. too much dead weight from the "old days". six sigma program is a joke.

Advice to Senior Management

cut the dead weight loose starting with the employees in Puerto Rico. purge the irish mafia. think before you commit to agencies.

Pros

- benefits
- location
- flexibility
- work/life balance

Cons

- career advancement
- decision making
- employee development

Advice to Senior Management

- develop internal staff

Pros

Very good benefit as a package. Used to be very stable company to work with. colleagues are kind as well.

Cons

risk of pattern being expired soon. Come to a bottleneck but nothing much can be done. All the best to the future.

Advice to Senior Management

Be fair to the IT department. They make as much contribution as the scientist. Do not treat them as high cost labour.

Pros

Good pay and benefits. Nice cafeterias. Many department had pleasant, competent staff.

Cons

Very stressful and low morale. A significant amount of favoritism.

Advice to Senior Management

Perform credible skip-level reviews in a context that let's employees feel safe.

Pros

-Tries to do the best to care about the employees
-Continuous education on the current position
-Does the best to keep the ethics

Cons

-Too much bureaucracy. Paperwork, regulations, rules, redbook (Eli Lilly Laws) restricts.
-Micro-management . Dictates how to talk, choose sentences, act, move, schedule the day.
-Cares about the its own rules and ways, ignores the rest.

Advice to Senior Management

One of the senior managers said "We are so focused to inside, our backs are always turned to the customers" That is what happens. Everyone has a reply for everything until they are outranked by the person whom they are talking to or until that person is a doctor or a 3rd company.

Pros

Work and life balance including the availability of external clubs. Indy is a good low cost of living environment for raising offspring.

Cons

Typical mgt doublespeak when it comes to end-of-year performance. Get dinged for meaningless things in order to place individuals on the curve. Best results on the curve end up with mgrs themselves.

Advice to Senior Management

Go out and see if you can find a job with your current skill set. See if the market place values what you supposedly have.