Similar to hell with less people - Engineer AbbVie Employee Review

1.0
19 Feb 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The benefits are ok, they used to be a lot better. Over the years the company continues to chip away at them.

Cons

So many bad experiences with this place. A decade ago, it was a great place to work but now it's a sh!t show. The only way to move up in the company is to be bad at your current position. The bad employees are shifted from department to department every 2 years. The good ones that work hard are left in the same position without a promotion forever. The management style at this facility is the biggest problem. Plant managers are changed out every couple of years and the directors run around like children. Expect to be asked to do work for those that are incapable and have your vacation requests be denied by your manager. The company also cares more about training you to be diverse and inclusive than managing production time or being an effective leader. It's probably the last place in Waco you want to work at. It's better to be at Refresco or Mars where the workload is less, and the people are happier. Walking around this place you see so many depressed people not to mention the ruined marriages.

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5.0
27 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
3 Jul 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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