Good benefits, alright salary, awful employee support and retention - Scientist I AbbVie Employee Review

2.0
21 Oct 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good benefits with some very knowledgeable and experienced employees. Decent PTO and sick time with a wide arrange of positions available. CEO seems to be running the company in a good direction.

Cons

Little to no upward growth unless you're willing to switch teams and departments every couple of years or constantly kiss up to management. This lack of upward growth causes a pretty high turnover rate with most employees working 3-5 years before leaving (similar to the Amazon dilemma). HR is terrible at supporting employees and addressing complaints. HR will always protect management even if provided with documented proof of mismanagement or falsified performance reviews. Micromanagement is rampant and despite "agility" being a primary company-wide metric to improve, management consistently introduces more red tape and resists new ideas for improved workflow efficiency. Too many meetings consist of planning with no action being done. Managers that are new to leadership positions receive very little training, leading to many poorly run teams and contributing to high turnover rate. Salary is not as competitive as other companies unless you aggressively negotiate during hiring process. PIPs are implemented as a way to push out current employees for cause, not as a genuine attempt to improve employee performance.

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5.0
18 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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