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      Alcon

      Engaged Employer

      Alcon reviews

      3.7

      67% would recommend to a friend

      (2,537 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 2,537 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
      Jul 25, 2015

      Not What I Thought It Would Be

      Senior validation
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Excellent benefits and competitive pay.

      Cons

      60+ hr work weeks for over 2 yrs which included weekends. Constantly working around ever changing production schedules so I did not have set hours for a work day. The management that has long tenures were not open to hearing new ideas from newer employees. Therefore, older inaccurate ways and methods could not be changed to enhance business. The company should do a better job to realize that just because a person is a technical superstar does not mean they should be knighted a manager. They are 2 separate skill sets. Too many people put on PIPs and let go.

      2.0
      Jul 22, 2015

      Corporate Culture

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Salaries are competitive for the industry.

      Cons

      Corporate Culture needs to change. Parent company, Novartis, supports negative culture by not listening to employees' concerns, even when documented.

      1.0
      Jun 29, 2015

      Not what it was...

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      great products and mission to save/restore eye sight is fulfilling, co-workers

      Cons

      Novartis adds complexity but no value to surgical and contact lens businesses, bureaucratic, senior management

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