Johnson & Johnson Reviews

Pros

- Relatively good work-life balance
- Brand name Fortune 50 company to work for

Cons

- The internal processes and bureaucracy will kill you

Pros

work from home, gym, company store and child care on-site

Cons

If your not in the 'in crowd" plan to never be promoted

Advice to Senior Management

hire more little people to do the work... too many chiefs not enough indians

Pros

People, Responsibility, Cross Functional Experience

Cons

Bureaucracy makes moving into certain departments difficult

Pros

open door policy among higher level execs, indepth succession planning, promotes career advancement

Cons

work/life balance lacking, difficulty advncing unless you are apart of a leadership & development program

Advice to Senior Management

Try to truly understand your employee's talents and interest. Once you understand what they are capable of, the road to success will become easier.

Pros

Great environment, good working culture

Cons

Long hours, other than that everything is good

Pros

The people, the work life balance, management support, countless job opportunities, a variety of support via form of affinity group, summer hours, smart co-workers, great learning experience, educational support.

Cons

Although work-life balance is encouraged, the pace of work can become pretty hectic at times. Support the employees, by allowing them better opportunities to reinvest money into the business. Generally speaking, most will make good choices.

Advice to Senior Management

Change the wage disparity gap. Other than that I'm very supportive of management at J&J. Hard to justify the CEO's wages during a time where cost cutting affects all of the associates. Additionally, although a firm's goal may be to maximize shareholder value, it is unrealistic to think that we can always achieve double digit quarterly growth.

Pros

A large corporation that tries to do the right thing. Ethical behavior and following guidelines are very important.

Cons

Very large company, and as with any other company, politics play a major role in advancement opportunities particularly among the multitude of inexperienced lower level managers.

Pros

The people are wonderful at johnson and johnson

Cons

Lots of hours to work

Advice to Senior Management

Stop Micromanaging

Pros

It is a big corporation with many small. Company environments.

Cons

Middle management doesn't behave always the way top mngmnt would like it to, you need a sponsor or you can get lost

Advice to Senior Management

Stay with the Credo! The most important asset the company has is it's value system as laid out in the Credo written by General Johnson in the late 1940s

Pros

Large company environment. Good career opportunities for younger people. Profitable company. Decent career and education prospects. Not a bad place to work.

Cons

Opposite of what I wrote before. Unless you are a member of the leadership team - not much initiative needed. Not too much support for innovation.

Advice to Senior Management

Create some excitement. Perhaps we need a call for a "moon shot". We need to inspired. We need to be rapidly growing or acquiring other businesses and technology.