No wonder this company is no more in Fortune's top 100 companies to work for... - Anonymous employee Alcon Employee Review

1.0
Jun 13, 2010
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good benefits & good research & sales team - which is generating revenues even though company has more than 400 - 500 % profit margin on all products.

Cons

Management - senior and middle - thinks they can treat employees as they wish since company offers good benefits. Management proudly mentions this to their employees. Management approach is 'management by fear'. People who know someone higher up, are safe in this company however incompetent they are. Groupism (& you scratch my back, I will scratch yours) is rampant.

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Cons

Working here makes me want to unalive myself daily. It's a typical corporate environment with lots of rules and processes that do nothing for efficiency or production and are only applied to women, minorities, or high performers that carry the team but don't have the right anatomy, look, or last name for promotions and growth. But don't worry, if you have a family connection and absolutely no skills or intellect and like to schmooze but hate work you'll probably get promoted often and rapidly. Working here over the last several years has truly drained any previous ambition I entered the workplace with. The lack of work life balance and low pay contributes to a slow descent into a sloth like existence because I can no longer afford to do outside activities and barely pay my bills, and when I do have free time it's typically interrupted by some arbitrary coworker crash out over a minor inconvenience. I find myself taking on bad health habits to make it end sooner and because you'll need to conform to being chained to your desk and sitting at your desk at least 8 hours of the day to last. bathroom breaks-ha who needs those!

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