AbbVie reviews

3.9

75% would recommend to a friend

(4,601 total reviews)

Robert A. Michael

81% approve of CEO

77% positive business outlook

AbbVie has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 4,601 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
2.0
Jul 25, 2017

Decent entry into Big Pharma

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Reputable Name Salary Benefits Great place to learn about Biopharma

Cons

Horrible Leadership! Culture has a long way to go due to poor HR departments. Many upper level employees do not respond to emails from employees who are not in a leadership position. Moving up is absolutely impossible, unless you are best friends with the right person. Recruiting process is a joke! Hard work is not rewarded, it is all about who you know, which is why almost 75% of the people landed a role within the organization because of an employee referral.

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AbbVie Response
8y
Thank you for taking the time to give us your feedback. We’re disappointed to hear this was your experience but appreciate sharing this with us as we continue to build our organization.
1.0
Sep 14, 2016

Extremely Toxic Culture and Heavy-handed Managers

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Deceptively good benefits that come at a great cost (check your self-respect at the door before walking to your desk).

Cons

Very disrespectful treatment, pervasive verbal abuse in private so you don't have any witnesses to back you up, the HR dept. ALWAYS supports managers and NEVER the employee so the confidential Aware-line where employees can report issues is a big joke. Schedule is very rigid even in areas/functions where rigidity is not needed, so there's complete disregard for an employee's occasional need for flextime. Flextime requests even count against the employee during performance reviews! There's hardly any cooperation across various departments and most departments hold back information from each other that would otherwise make it easier to make and execute key business decisions. The validity of verbal or even written (email) agreements between project team members is questioned repeatedly which causes further delays in execution. But most of all, it's the management's inhumane treatment of employees in exchange for a few breadcrumbs that only the least competent employees with little or no self-respect will accept.

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AbbVie Response
9y
Transparency and open communication are important to the culture of AbbVie and it doesn’t sound like that was your experience. We’re continuing to evolve and to work towards a culture we’d pride ourselves in as an organization. We appreciate your review and your frank message.
2.0
Dec 9, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Fellow employees In QC/Manufacturing are great to work with. Health insurance Pension.

Cons

The inconsistency of salary amongst employees with similar experience. Inconsistent training Workload based of hitting metrics instead of a robust scheduling system Lack of basic essential lab apparatus, A blame culture based off incomplete and poor investigations \ CAPA’s A high turn of staff over a 6 month period, No staff retention scheme. Inefficient \ poor communication Between upper management and Staff Quality system is lacking and needs improvement Lack of essential resources in certain departments Cross training could be improved A lot pressure on supervisors, Under appreciation of Staff. No Staff recreation incentive All sites seems to be disconnected. Even though we are “ONE FOR ABBVIE”

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