Alcon reviews

3.7

67% would recommend to a friend

(2,538 total reviews)
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David J Endicott

77% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Alcon has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 2,538 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
2.0
May 3, 2015

Decent Start to Engineering

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Little supervision, so this is good if you work well independently. Pay is pretty good for entry level position. Work is not too difficult. Hours are fairly flexible so long as you reach your 40 hours. As a temp, your vacation days are also flexible.

Cons

I was in a group with no growth and improvements. I was not challenged enough and the work became tedious. I was conducting the same test for several hundred samples which did not teach me much.

4.0
Apr 29, 2015

Allergy and Otolaryngology Representative

Anonymous employee
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Pros

I was a "floater" so got to experience different rep's markets across the country.

Cons

Had to live out of hotels, tons of travel, allot of people telling you what to do and no commission.

4.0
Apr 27, 2015

R&D Engineer

Recommend
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Pros

Challenging and rewarding work that provides the opportunity to bring medical devices to market that cure and prevent blindness. Good pay and benefits including on campus fitness center.

Cons

The different medical device groups are very specialized and the ability to laterally move between them for career development is limited.

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