Johnson & Johnson Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Johnson & Johnson as a contractor

Pros – Intelligent coworkers ,good work values,clean and freindly.

Cons – Contract pay is low,no benefits available.

Advice to Senior Management – Add some benefits for contract workers.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Johnson & Johnson full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – They have a written credo.
They are diversified (pharma, medical device, consumer).
They pay well their people.
They are financially healthy.

Cons – It's a really political companie.
Complex organisation with too many level of management which slow down the decision process.
They cut to much in HR area.
Some sites are under a FDA consent decree.
"People first, profit will follow" is less apply since the last 5 years.

Advice to Senior Management – Reduce complexity at all level (apply "lean concept" for many of their business processes)
Focus more on real innovation (not a variation of color and format of exisiting products)
Reduce total number of management level to 8 or less
Pay more attention to the selection of their managers (senior director and above) to make sure they are people oriented, not only business oriented.

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

Current Employee – been working at Johnson & Johnson

Pros – - Cross functional and cross industry job rotation opportunities.

Cons – - Lower compensation, low to mid work life balance, slow/balanced career progression

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

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

Pros – Working amongst cross functional teams and being allowed to take a leadership role in projects.

Cons – Mobility across different functional areas was difficult.

Advice to Senior Management – Look at opportunities of enhancing and accelerating career growth for motivated employees.

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

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

Pros – Fantastic company culture; free/ cheap J&J product

Cons – Very bureaucratic; micro-management; beauty is a non-strategic business in Canada (just adapt strategy, creative and business objectives from the US in Canadian market)

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

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

Pros – Good overall company to work, pleasant people, great ambiance, good values, good balance work / personal life

Cons – Lack of strategic leadership, dis-organized.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Johnson & Johnson as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Exposure to Senior Management, very open and friendly communication.

Cons – The office is far from Downtown and there is not transportation for employees

Advice to Senior Management – Keep the open and friendly communication style

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Johnson & Johnson as an intern for less than a year

Pros – - The culture was true to the company vision, and I got the sense that people who didn't like it, usually left on their own.
- The company seemed to take employee feedback regarding work/life balance, and other aspects of the employee survey, very seriously.

Cons – - While the salary was competitive, I was hoping it would be a bit higher. Still, this is a minor gripe, as the role was good.
- As an intern, and my specific role, the work/life balance was nice, but other departments in the company looked to be over worked.

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

Current Employee – been working at Johnson & Johnson

Pros – great benefit package. good work life balance: summer hours program, corporate athlete program and a workplace gym. a company i am proud of working for.

Cons – a little bit more political than average consumer packaged goods companies in canada. But this can be necessary: networking within is important.

Advice to Senior Management – keep doing the great jobs!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Johnson & Johnson

Pros – Large company environment. Good career opportunities for younger people. Profitable company. Decent career and education prospects. Not a bad place to work.

Cons – Opposite of what I wrote before. Unless you are a member of the leadership team - not much initiative needed. Not too much support for innovation.

Advice to Senior Management – Create some excitement. Perhaps we need a call for a "moon shot". We need to inspired. We need to be rapidly growing or acquiring other businesses and technology.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend