Solvay Pharmaceuticals Reviews

Pros

Extremely generous salaries and benefits for what is expected of most positions.

Cons

Demand much of a few; demand next to nothing of many. Hierarchical, political environment.

Advice to Senior Management

Empower employees to do the jobs they are being paid to do.

Pros

Good benefits package; fair compensation; opportunity for rewards for work done well; family orientation, with flexibility toward needs of associates' home life.

Cons

Was hampered by a regulatory mis-step. Not sure how life at Solvay is after being eaten whole by Abbot Laboratories.

Advice to Senior Management

No advice.

Pros

OK work environment in Marietta HQ. Competent people at the VP level and below in Marietta. Atlanta area is very comfortable living environment. Cost of Living is low, relative to Solvay salaries.

Cons

Totally incompetent and Eurocentric leadership. Huge divide between the European and US approaches to clinical and regulatory development. Abbott is very likely to clean house by the end of 2010, and retain few Solvay R&D employees.

Advice to Senior Management

Stop giving employees "the mushroom treatment." Follow through on your stated operating policies. Stand up for the valid differences between EU and US clinical and regulatory development. Make sure that people are doing their jobs, and not exceeding their authority.

Pros

communication is SLOW about the tranisition to Abbott and how we will be affected

Cons

Slow communication; transparency in the US is good as it can be given the limited understanding of the concept by the European leaders.

Advice to Senior Management

The European leaders in the company could learn a lot from the US leaders

Pros

Respect for people. Recognition of performance - both socially and financially.
Continuous opportunity for professional growth with almost no external recruitment happening when people from the company can fulfill the gap.

Cons

Operations are not big enough to produce opportunities in all departmental areas.
Non core related areas such as finance, IT, HR lack career advancement options.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep on the good work, but provide more career options for non-core related positions (outside Sales & Marketing) to allow for employees to feel motivated - otherwise the talents will look somewhere else for their career advancement.

Pros

good spirit among the employees

Cons

slow organisation on stragegy decissions

Advice to Senior Management

take care of your people

Pros

Benefits and pay package is excellent

Cons

Will not be in existent after this year.

Advice to Senior Management

Need to change in some department as that's the reason it was bought.

Pros

Good Employer with wonderful benefits. 401K was tough to beat

Cons

Massive Layoffs over the last couple years. Let go their manufacturing facility

Advice to Senior Management

Communication is Key - Let your employees know what is going on.