Working toward great culture,hard work is rewarded - Senior Manager AbbVie Employee Review

5.0
Mar 15, 2017
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Pros

Pay, benefits, flexibility, leadership at VP and above levels. They are working to change the culture and become people first. They have a patient-centered model which helps to keep the patient as the focus really helping employees to feel great about what they do to help people.

Cons

Paid time off! Starting time off is great but don't get more until 10th year! Poor performers are everywhere as company is very risk adverse when it comes to separations. Poor performers are holding back company in relation to both culture and performance.

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
Jul 3, 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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