Alcon reviews

3.7

67% would recommend to a friend

(2,533 total reviews)
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77% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Alcon has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 2,533 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
3.0
Mar 5, 2016

Well okay

Recommend
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Pros

The pay is alright. The extra advantages are a nice bonus. Easy reachable. They try to maintain a good work-life balance.

Cons

Very results orientated. Sometimes the human aspect can get a bit lost. Since the acquisition by Novartis at lot more rules have been added.

3.0
Mar 3, 2016

Employee

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great people to work with, good in nuturing its people especially for freshgrads.

Cons

Lots of last minute planning and high turn over rate of its people. Should be more people focus and give its people more opportunities for internal promotion.

4.0
Feb 29, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great Training and Hands on High level of scientific Knowledge Diversified experience different than pharmaceuticals

Cons

Unlimited daily work pressure either from external customers (surgeons) and internal customers (Management)

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