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    Eli Lilly and Company Reviews

    Updated November 13, 2018
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    Eli Lilly and Company Chairman and CEO David A. Ricks
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    149 Ratings

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    1. "Sales"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Eli Lilly and Company full-time

      Pros

      Pay, people, fun, rewarding, exciting

      Cons

      None really. A great company.

      Advice to Management

      You're doing great.

    2. "Excellent Company"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Eli Lilly and Company full-time

      Pros

      -Competitive Pay
      -Great co-workers
      -Excellent company culture

      Cons

      -Can be slow to achieve consensus for an idea

      Advice to Management

      Shuffle your mid-level management and let them get evaluated with fresh eyes

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    3. "Manager"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Eli Lilly and Company full-time

      Pros

      Development opportunities for those who take initiative and seek. Good Benefits

      Cons

      Low motivation at the local site. All the excitement is within the corporate location

    4. "Advisor"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Eli Lilly and Company full-time

      Pros

      Work flexibility and competitive pay and benefits package

      Cons

      Work life balance is tough working in a global company

    5. "Great company culture"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Eli Lilly and Company full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Great training, great company culture, very difficult to get fired, tearlike environment

      Cons

      Not always easy to move up in the company, capped commission structure, know individual rankings

    6. "Sales Rep"

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      Former Employee - Senior Pharmaceutical Sales Representative in Las Vegas, NV
      Former Employee - Senior Pharmaceutical Sales Representative in Las Vegas, NV
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at Eli Lilly and Company full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Great products and community involvement

      Cons

      Poor to unacceptable middle managers who do not care about work/family balance

      Advice to Management

      Select managers that know how to motivate and inspire employees and NOT someone who had a good sales year!!! Too much emphasis placed on selecting managers based on their high sales results. Sales results has NOTHING to do with managing people!!!!

    7. "Sales"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Eli Lilly and Company full-time (More than 8 years)

      Pros

      Great colleagues, good products, great customers who care about healthcare

      Cons

      Mindset of cost savings at the expense of well respected and high performing tenured employees being let go in many ways, downsizing and other tricky tactics

      Advice to Management

      Management won’t listen

    8. "Facilities Technician"

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      Former Employee - Facilities Technician in New York, NY
      Former Employee - Facilities Technician in New York, NY
      Doesn't Recommend
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Eli Lilly and Company full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Great people to work with,pay was decent,great work environment.

      Cons

      Favoritism and bosses played favorites blatantly. Managers looking for yes men or woman.Managers are not people persons.

      Advice to Management

      Look into the managers in that dept they need a boss there.

    9. Helpful (1)

      "Many Changes-Not All for the Best"

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      Former Employee - Sales and Marketing in Indianapolis, IN
      Former Employee - Sales and Marketing in Indianapolis, IN
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Eli Lilly and Company full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Talented people, salary and bonus, benefits

      Cons

      Have moved away from promotions based on performance, moving out the most experienced employees with retirement packages

      Advice to Management

      Advice to management is not welcomed

    10. "Great place to work"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Eli Lilly and Company full-time

      Pros

      Great Benefits, Great Pay, Great People

      Cons

      Restrictions on degree makes it difficult to move up

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