Does AbbVie pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, AbbVie employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at AbbVie. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at AbbVie?

74% of AbbVie employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated AbbVie 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at AbbVie?

Sales Representative (140) , Director (122) , Associate Director (95) , Intern (93) , Manager (86) , Project Manager (82) , Senior Scientist I (70) , Specialty Sales Representative (61) , Scientist (58) , Senior Scientist II (45) , Medical Science Liaison (MSL) (44) , Associate Scientist II (39) , Engineer (39) , Senior Scientist (38) , Senior Manager (37)

What are the pros of working at AbbVie according to real employee reviews?

"good benefit and team." ((in 550 reviews)); "Excellent leadership/mentorship along with a great culture!" ((in 445 reviews)); "Great people and very interesting" ((in 402 reviews)); "There is a good work/life balance" ((in 260 reviews)); "The pay as a contractor is good and there is always work to be done." ((in 229 reviews))

What are the cons of working at AbbVie according to real employee reviews?

"Managers have no clue on how to manage and create many imbalances and unfair standards and practices." ((in 103 reviews)); "life balance continues to be a challenge despite vocal efforts driven by senior leadership to improve in that area." ((in 89 reviews)); "I seriously cannot think of any negatives seeing that my last job was in the military which demanded long hours and was non" ((in 46 reviews)); "Poor upper management." ((in 42 reviews)); "Favoritism runs rampant." ((in 28 reviews))

What are employees saying about AbbVie layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about AbbVie layoffs and their outlook for job security at AbbVie in 2026.

AbbVie reviews

3.9

74% would recommend to a friend

(4,615 total reviews)

Robert A. Michael

79% approve of CEO

76% positive business outlook

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AbbVie has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 4,615 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The AbbVie employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmazeutika & Biotechnologie industry (3.5 stars).

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5K reviews

3.0

Oct 8, 2014

Corporate America

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Excellent benefits: Pension, 401K matching, profit sharing, industry competitive salary, stock performance Culture: Strides at improvement thru employee surveys. Strong values and ethics Career Opportunities: Available if willing to relocate to Illinois. If you are able to play the corporate game, you will succeed here!

Cons

Leadership: Some great managers and some terrible managers Promotion in current position: No set criteria for promotion. Self-promotion and relationship with manager supersedes performance. Promotion to new position: Many are been pre-selected. Networking valued over performance. Work-Life: Technology improvements. Budget and headcount decline = do more with less.

5.0

Oct 5, 2014

Wonderful culture, great development opportunities

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Supportive culture, focus on improving company through improving team working, recognising strengths and weaknesses, how best to work with colleagues, good opportunities for improving skills. Embedding patient centricity as core to all decisions, innovative thinking rewarded.

Cons

As in all Pharma, can be some red tape to get through when trying to make changes e.g. implementing digital campaigns, but this is definitely improving.

4.0

Oct 5, 2014

Great place and envoriment

Instrument technician

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Great place, great culture. Great benefits for the regular employees.

Cons

No opportunities. I work there as a contract and have to leave because there where no chance for me to get a permanent job. New openings already have names, like for family and friends.

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