Get references from current employees - Senior Manager AbbVie Employee Review

2.0
Mar 13, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

strong pipleline pay benefits opportunity - a lot! training good mid level management

Cons

-toxic upper management - much training on how to lead with no follow up. Bullying by managers. Upper management is aware and take no action. -unrelenting gossip that you are expected to participate in including discussions on spouses, other employees, other managers, etc. This will occur during work hours, off site meetings, etc. Think Mean Girls! -HR conversations are 100% not private - don't be fooled. They will seek feedback but it is NOT private and will be shared. -Much focus on negative depending on division. Not all departments are like this. Get an internal reference before accepting an offer. -unrelenting metrics for everything

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1.0
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Pros

Big Pharma Name Recognition: Having Allergan/AbbVie on your resume provides industry visibility.

Cons

Extreme Governance & Bureaucracy: Allergan is paralyzed by red tape. There are far too many governance layers just to get basic regulatory strategies vetted out. Flawed Compliance Infrastructure: Product approvals are heavily dependent on documentation. However, current records are completely inadequate. Management fundamentally fails to understand how these systems are interlinked. Unqualified & Absentee Leadership: The leader with department oversight completely lacks the expected knowledge and experience for this level, making her a massive liability. She is rarely in the office but knows exactly how to work the system. She aggressively pushes for unnecessary, in-person regulatory meetings solely to accumulate personal travel points rather than to mitigate actual business risks. Disastrous Transition Management: The leadership transition wreaked total havoc across the department. Negligent HR Department: HR shows zero interest in investigating why good talent is leaving the company. Alarming Job Security Signs: It is a massive red flag when a leader encourages employees to apply for roles entirely unrelated to their expertise, or receiving automated AI notifications about job openings outside your department.

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