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Alex Gorsky
Former Employee – worked at Johnson & Johnson full-time
Pros – The company really care about its employees, the community and is committed with touching people's life!
Cons – It takes time to be promoted!!!
Advice to Senior Management – If you don't give out more opportunities, the company is going to loose it's talents!
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend
2013-05-16 18:13 PDT
Current Employee – been working at Johnson & Johnson as an intern for less than a year
Pros – They have multiple positions, and the interns get paid as well.
Cons – However its hard to go from Contractor to Employee.
Advice to Senior Management – Give more hours to contractors.
2013-05-09 12:02 PDT
Current Employee – been working at Johnson & Johnson part-time for more than a year
Pros – They have multiple positions, and the interns get paid as well.
Cons – However its hard to go from Contractor to Employee.
Advice to Senior Management – Give more hours to contractors.
2013-04-29 10:15 PDT
Current Employee – been working at Johnson & Johnson full-time for more than 7 years
Pros – Great company, that follows its credo putting patients first. Good work/life balance depending on the position. Ability to rotate jobs internally often and have new learning opportunities. Solid health benefits. Lots of feedback cycles to continually improve
Cons – Bureaucratic environment, lots of red tape. Can have silo mentality. Can be difficult to rotate in the position best suited for you. Most campuses are located farther outside of any major city so commutes can be long.
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company
2013-04-26 21:47 PDT
Former Employee – worked at Johnson & Johnson full-time
Pros – Worked with incredible, talented people
Cons – Politics become ugly when cost cutting becomes a priority.
Advice to Senior Management – Seek opportunities and take risks rather than or in addition to cutting budgets and people. Beware of the 'yes' people.
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company
2013-04-27 06:31 PDT
Current Employee – been working at Johnson & Johnson full-time for more than 3 years
Pros – There are commitments to doing basic research and making J&J one of the leaders in areas such as Alzheimer's Diagnosis and Treatment
Cons – Innovation is present in pockets. While I have been lucky to be in such a group, not everyone has this opportunity
Advice to Senior Management – To take a longer (non annual) view in terms of evaluating research productivity. Allow more exploration into the basic sciences
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend
2013-04-23 09:32 PDT
Current Employee – been working at Johnson & Johnson full-time for more than 7 years
Pros – One of the most diverse (from a people and a product standpoint), ethical, and and upstanding companies I've ever worked for. The power of the brand is an aid to doing business with outside sources. Strong business that didn't miss a beat in the worst economic times. Many great minds and talented people (offset by a con below). Great opportunities to grow and get placed into different areas and lines of business.
Cons – The company is huge, and that scale and it's structure can sometimes make it difficult in an IT role. Generally, the higher you go on the management food chain, the less technology - aware they tend to be. This lack of understanding sometimes leads to head-scratcher decisions and 'just snap your fingers and make the technology get done' attitudes that are difficult. Huge bureaucracy can cause delays with legal, procurement, security, and regulatory concerns that cripple deadlines. Some entrenched networks of dead wood, blocker-type employees are also obstacle at times.
Advice to Senior Management – Strive to build a period of management stability, and consistent practices. Find a way to ensure that decentralization doesn't breed disconnection, and lose opportunities for economies of scale. Clean up dead wood.
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company
2013-04-21 09:46 PDT
Current Employee – been working at Johnson & Johnson full-time for more than 8 years
Pros – Pension, benefits, culture, ability to work in consumer, Pharma, or medical device
Cons – Require self starter personality to be successful
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company
2013-05-19 00:09 PDT
Current Employee – been working at Johnson & Johnson full-time for more than 7 years
Pros – Opportunities for continued development, cross-functional environment, benefits of a large company
Cons – Corporate red tape, slower career progression, moving to shared service environment, cut vs. grow
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend
2013-05-09 06:33 PDT
Former Employee – worked at Johnson & Johnson full-time for more than a year
Pros – People are great and pay is good.
Cons – Budgets and staff have been cut drastically. Working much harder with less. Always waiting and wondering when your job will be eliminated.
Advice to Senior Management – To share long term plan for the company's future.
No, I would not recommend this company to a friend
2013-05-03 19:30 PDT
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