Abbott Labs – “Opportunities abound, just have to be persistent.”

Pros

Opportunities to change course in your career. A large, diverse company that is willing to let employees move into different positions. Benefits are generous. Recent efforts to boost work-life balance are great.

Cons

On the science side, many of the managers are great scientists given promotions solely boost their salaries into acceptable ranges. This means many of these people lack management skills.
The HR department is sub-standard. Difficult to deal with HR in manager-employee disputes or internal job search. They tell you don't meet job qualifications and then 3 months later you find out someone even less qualified was given the job.

Advice to Senior Management

If senior scientists need better pay then give it to them. Promoting them to management positons to achieve a proper salary range is counter productive.