Can a once great company be great again? - Anonymous employee Johnson & Johnson Employee Review

2.0
Aug 19, 2008
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Prestigious history and reputation; good compensation; broadly based in health care; history of good leadership development (although this needs to be rebuilt); company practices philanthropy and gives back to the community. Excels at marketing, sales, and communications.

Cons

Current management has departed significantly from the Credo tradition especially in its treatment of employees; morale is suffering; performance is deteriorating especially in the pharmaceutical sector. Human Resources is in disarray. Lack of internal research and development capability; company tends to focus on acquisition rather than strategic partnership. A Darwinian approach to employees and career development is leading to a loss of key talent.

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Cons

The supervisor I was ultimately working for had never worked in digital-related products, in which I had decades of experience. He seemed to be unaware of what every colleague would be telling me (I was interviewing colleagues using a software the manager was intending to propose use for firm-wide). Both the colleagues I interviewed, and the internal technical staff I was speaking with knew the project would not function as he seemed intent on ... forcing(?) it do so. I gave him the resulting report of its users' feedback, and I was finished with my contract. He had gone through 2 other women in this same role, already. And he hired a male after me who delivered esentially the same results. Because I wasn't there, I have no idea of the dream outcome this manager attained, or switched to, later.

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