Excellent company but incredibly heavy workload - Director Elanco Employee Review

5.0
Mar 11, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Clear vision from leadership, robust compensation and benefits packages, opportunities to be recognized when you deliver. Flexible working arrangements, keeping employees engaged through Town Halls, and smart use of technology have been wins over the last year.

Cons

The fast pace of change over the last 2 years has been daunting, but the most difficult part of the job is the relentless, heavy, and perpetual workload. The meeting-heavy culture makes it hard to get work done through the day, so you spent your nights and weekends replying to emails and getting actual work done. This is not sustainable, and is leading to high levels of burnout.

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5.0
May 14, 2026
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Pros

Management listens to their emoloyees. Great benefits.

Cons

Old equipment. Lots of forced ot for hourly employees

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We appreciate your positive feedback regarding management and benefits. At Elanco, we are dedicated to the wellbeing of our employees and are always looking for opportunities for improvement - we thank you for your feedback!
2.0
Feb 20, 2026
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Pros

Plenty of great, passionate coworkers who work hard and collaborate. I had a lot of professional flexibility and my job was always interesting. Process teams on the manufacturing floor is a great system. Offsite resources, especially technical experts, are great.

Cons

Expect to be firefighting constantly and frequently fighting against an aging facility and outdated processes. No unified vision or clear prioritization from management. Misalignment between site leadership and upper/off-site management created sustained operational friction and stress for employees. Leadership turnover was frequent, contributing to ongoing instability. Because of all this, there was a super low morale and a feeling of widespread fatigue. Inconsistent communication and decision-making standards contributed to a low-trust culture, including regular informal discussion of colleagues and unprofessional and sometimes intimidating behavior in meetings. Performance feedback and perceived value were highly dependent on shifting leadership dynamics rather than consistent, objective criteria. Employees could move from being strongly supported to heavily criticized with little change in actual performance. Although a nine-box review process was supposedly used, individual outcomes were not transparently shared with employees. Onboarding and training for specialized roles were underdeveloped. Compensation was just fine for workload and scope of responsibility.

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