Janssen Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Janssen full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Open communication, strives to be innovative, good work/life balance with many initiatives.

Cons – Sometimes complacent. Ups and downs in pharma in general.

Advice to Senior Management – Wider acceptance to work from their home-office.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Janssen

Pros – Access to Johnson and Johnson products at very low cost; when company was doing well, better opportunities for advancement, recent cutbacks have kept people in limbo selling lots of products.

Cons – Management clearly has its favourites with a small group of people and unqualified MBAs moving from position to position without proving themselves along the way. Some good people in management, too, but overall lacking vision and knowing how to treat employees.

Advice to Senior Management – Start listening to employees, compare yourself to other companies and their selling styles. It's time to get back to basics because things were running more smoothly 7 years ago.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Janssen full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Collaborative environment
Great teams with talented individuals
Strength in marketing
Good formalized development programs

Cons – Some senior leaders are focused on their own agenda and advancement and are not supportive of their teams
Depends on where you are in the organization -- slightly different cultures depending on location
Politics tend to contribute to advancement opportunities

Advice to Senior Management – Despite initiatives in employee engagement, would be helpful for organization if senior management really embaced this.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Janssen full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Given significant responsibility in junior positions and freedom to succeed. Also, provided plenty of resources and additional training both at Janssen and J&J.

Cons – If you did not work your way up through sales you will need to work extra hard to understand the sales environment. Many brand managers and Sr. management started in pharma sales.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Janssen

Pros – Very good company to work for

Cons – had no cons with them

Former Employee – worked at Janssen full-time for less than a year

Pros – pay, big company so a lot of means to progress

Cons – You have to be on constant guard not to offend anyone. Be happy and constantly thank everyone and you 'll be fine.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Janssen full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Good salaries, but low bonus structure.
Training is done at home on your computer.
Great company cars.
Large budgets on new products.
Not too many meetings.
Sales force uses iPads.

Cons – Benefits are not so great.
Not a lot changes over 20 years of employment.
Never pays bonuses on time.
Overlapping of reps.
Always in trouble for illegal use of materials.
The use of iPads in the field to track employees.

Advice to Senior Management – Bring in more managers from outside JNJ. The culture is moldy.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Janssen full-time for more than a year

Pros – Good leadership and company character.

Cons – Advancement opportunities cana be a little bit political.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Janssen as an intern for less than a year

Pros – I think that the best thing about Johnson and Johnson let alone Janssen is that they treat all of their coops like they are in an actual entry level job. I work in Finance, and its been great to manage budgets, sit in on billion dollar reviews and feel part of this awesome company

Cons – The only thing I will say is that I was not from the state where I did a coop, and they did not offer me housing. That isnt to say that coop and intern housing is not available. It does get offered to some coops.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep up the great work!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Janssen full-time for more than a year

Pros – Stability, no stress, low work load .... .... ... ... ... ... .. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...... ... ... ... ...... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..

Cons – No Career Development, Low Salary, Very Low Insentive (one month's basic salary), Lobying, unfair treatment

Advice to Senior Management – Imputate And Change !!

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend