Pick your department carefully - Senior Marketing Manager Baxter Employee Review

2.0
May 5, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Company is splitting into two: Baxter & Baxalta. Baxalta is the high risk/high reward biotech focusing on oncology & hematology. Lots of potential upside from a growth perspective. New HQ just north of Deerfield

Cons

Marketing division is way too top-heavy. Even in the new structure, I have 7 level of management to the CEO. Tons of chiefs and few worker bees leads to a great deal of extra work and managing up. Work load on both launch & in-line brands is extreme, and weekend work is the norm. Buyer beware: you may accelerate your career but at a personal price.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
Jun 30, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Was a great company 5 years ago. Declined heavily in the last 3 years. Way too many lay offs and restructuring.

Cons

Favoritism. Manager has no answers looks to someone they manage for answers. This person gatekeeps information and is overall toxic. Contradictory instructions. Managers will rely on bad information and then different managers will give you conflicting orders. If you try to go to the upper managers they will terminate you and lie about it. You could be asked to solve problems you were not hired for.

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