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
1.0
Apr 21, 2026

Unorganized

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good lunch areas, great and understanding coworkers

Cons

Terrible management, and very little opportunities for growth

2.0
Mar 15, 2026

Up and Down

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Decent pay, good benefits, many great coworkers, solid work life balance

Cons

Technology old and boring. But more concerning, reported very disturbing issue about a coworker through the ethics channel and received little to no follow-up from HR, which was disappointing. Situations like that should be taken seriously and addressed transparently. Management consistency was also an issue—after one difficult manager was finally let go, I was reassigned to another with different problems. At that point I decided it was time to move on.

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