Abbott Employee Reviews about "senior management"

Pros

Location and benefit selection for full time employees

Cons

Senior management too concerned about their own careers and the negative retribution from the CEO

Pros

Relatively well paid if you are director or above

Cons

No strategic way of thinking in senior management Low compliance comparing to the standard of medical device industry

Pros

Good people, good benefit, and some work-life balance

Cons

Poor management and leadership among senior executives. Toxic environment that does not promote talent from within.

Pros

Senior management is outstanding and allow for free exchange of ideas

Cons

None that I can think of

Pros

The benefits and pay for managers is outstanding. The work is rewarding and you can develop lasting skills that are transferable.

Cons

Senior Management is all in for their own careers if you get in the way you are eliminated. They are not interested in anything but making themselves look good

Pros

Overall company: Company has good benefits (medical, dental, vision, etc.) and decent long-term incentives (pension, RSUs above a certain employee grade, etc.). As a division of Abbott Laboratories, AV is a very stable company (i.e. not a risky start-up that might go under). Clinical Science department: There are a number of good, committed clinical research scientists who work very hard, know what they are doing, and are committed to the end goal of bringing new treatment options to patients. Cross-functionally there are also a lot of very good people to work with.

Cons

Overall company: AV sometimes is a little out of sync with the parent Abbott Laboratories company. People at AV are held at lower pay grades than at the parent Abbott company, even though the cost of living is higher. Consistent 'doom and gloom' message from senior management to encourage belt-tightening measures over the past 2 years have significantly lowered overall morale. Excessive red tape procedures and processes, even for a large company. Clinical Science department: Weak leadership with poor management skills at multiple levels. Senior management insulates themselves with too many layers of middle management. Extremely limited opportunities for advancement, since department is very reluctant to promote even though promotions seem to happen in other departments. In the past couple of years about half of the clinical science department have left AV for other companies (including some of the best people) but senior mgmt has not allowed backfill so the workload for the remaining employees has gotten worse to the point that things don't get done or get done at much poorer quality because there just aren't enough people to do all the work at high quality.

Pros

Senior management is good and understanding.

Cons

Poor leadership. Heavy workload. Very stressful environment,

Pros

Good pay and benefits. Hilarious people throughout the organization.

Cons

Sometimes senior management pushes very hard for an important deadline and everyone has to scramble

Pros

Great benefit package and bonus

Cons

Senior management don't understand the market and are scared of the truth and of risk so want 'yes' people _limited opportunity for progression -don't care about their customers just how much money they make them.

Pros

Strong talent development culture Strong financials

Cons

Loads of review and processes. Take time away from actual value added work to prepare a beautiful review deck for senior management. Could adopt more digital tools to increase work efficiency.