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      Alcon

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      Alcon reviews

      3.7

      67% would recommend to a friend

      (2,531 total reviews)
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      David J Endicott

      77% approve of CEO

      64% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      Alcon has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 2,531 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Alcon employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

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      3K reviews
      1.0
      Sep 14, 2014

      Assembly Technician (For Burnett Staffing)

      Assembly technician
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Variations of schedules. In my opinion, this is the only pro to working at Alcon as a Burnett Staffing Employee.

      Cons

      Burnett Staffing employees are treated poorly by Alcon employees. We all do the same job, but we are treated as subordinates. Management is not friendly, and training practices are ineffective. High turn-over rate because of this.

      2.0
      Aug 8, 2014

      Faulty approach to leadership growth

      Senior information specialist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good benefits. It helps knowing you're improving customers health. Most low level workers are trying.

      Cons

      You will not get promoted inside, unless you are willing to move around the world. Much better to be someone hired from the outside than have a chance of promotion as existing employee. Divided management culture... Lots of old school managers just trying to hang on until retirement. But also many new managers (from outside or moved from other Novartis divisions) who don't understand what made Alcon so successful and so trusted. They are not well positioned to maintain leadership in vision care, so expect more layoffs as Novartis just looks at headcount.

      1.0
      Jul 8, 2014

      Really bad work environment, company future is uncertain

      Global market science manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Not many actually ... but I hear that before being purchased by Novartis, Alcon was one of those good old boys network, yet a great company to work for ... they did take very good care of their employees. Nestle did not interfere with their operations and slowly but surely they did their thing. Lot's of 15+ years of service employees - not anymore though.

      Cons

      Chaotic management, random lay-offs for the sole purpose of diverting attention from oneself. Right now the problem is across all franchises, functions and levels. No one (absolutely no one) is happy. Budgets are tight, pipeline non-existent, a lot of waste of resources and lack of investment on what really matters.

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