Johnson & Johnson Reviews in Mountain View, CA

Pros

Large organization / global organization experience

Cons

Conservative attitude in some operating companies - no strong presence in West Coast

Advice to Senior Management

Make more smart acquisitions

Pros

There is great work/life balance at this company. It doesn't prove to be very stressful and you have the freedom to come and go as you please as long as you are getting your work done. You get paid quite well to just go in, do your job, and go home.

Also, JNJ is a worldwide company and has programs where you can work in another part of the world on a temporary basis.

Cons

You just go in, do your job and go home. There is no innovation, no spunk, and no drive to take risks. This is common in mega-large corporations and it is no different at JNJ. All the great work is done before JNJ buys the company and afterwards it's just a matter of time before it fizzles out.

There is such great potential here. The regular employees are great, the lower management and directors are great, but after that they start to become clueless and out of touch in a lot of cases.

Advice to Senior Management

Let us take risks. JNJ has mounds of money and can afford to fail every once and a while. But to take that risk and succeed would have huge pay off.