Perhaps it depends on the department. Surprised. - Professional AbbVie Employee Review

1.0
21 Feb 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Large-. If this is your first professional job the place will be great as long as you have the ability to determine whether what you are learning is state of the art, or out of date. Many areas are understaffed, so there is lots of work. That is a pro and a con.

Cons

Work life balance bad. Pay is low relative to the work life balance and competitors. No merit bonus even for fairly high managers, just 5-7% profit sharing. Dead wood: Either 20 year old Abbott management, or new management brought in from dying big pharma. Common statements: That is how we always have done it from middle management. I thought that last statement was something that nobody would ever say at any company. I almost fell over, the first time I heard it. IT new and broken outsourced. it is likely Abbvie will be bought out if it can't fill the Humara hole. Very top management spins that the company is going to be a light nimble biotech, but the reality is very different in key areas. 401K middle of the road for Pharma. No stock options for even middle management. Current department has high turnover of new people joining jumping and being replaced by new people.

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
3 Jul 2026
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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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