Pros
-Profitable and stable company -Some good people who want to do the right thing for patients and employees -Big pharma experience for your CV -If you are in a ring fenced unit, you get the benefits of resources of big pharma with less bureaucracy than rest of the org see San Fran Oncology Unit or Allergan Aesthetics -Competitive compensation package
Cons
-No transparency, no agility and lots of insecurity in middle management -Too many unnecessary layers between employees trying to move projects along and access to the decision makers. -Too many employees who are looking for something to do so instead create unnecessary work ex same activity (eg regulatory application for drug approval) that could be demonstrably successfully completed by a fraction of the people by legacy Allergan colleagues somehow needs armies of people to get involved to minimize ‘risk’ and raise ‘quality’ and in the process push out legacy Allergan colleagues. Note - many legacy Allergan colleagues across multiple groups are being pushed out by legacy AbbVie colleagues despite the fact that many of the products came through the work and dedication of these Allergan employees over many years. -While senior management says the right things and when you get access actually make the right decisions they tolerate/support the multiple middleman management layers that are only an obstacle. (Ex Minority and female leaders are hired in at lower levels, internal promotions into a succession role but the position is pushed down in the organization when a minority or women takes it on or where legacy Allergan employees were placed in the org where men’s organizational status was maintained or improved but minorities/women were pushed down) -Lots of empire builders who lack self awareness and their disruptive behavior is tolerated despite complaints by peers as long as they continue to behave with management -Bad behavior is tolerated if you have been with the company long enough or you were hired by someone who tolerates the behavior (see point above) - Discussing with manager or HR is useless (I don’t understand the TA responses to other reviews … don’t they know what happens? … I guess I could try the anonymous hotline but really is that what it takes for these basic issues?)