Bausch + Lomb reviews

Little to no opportunities for advancement. Whenever a job does come open managers always seem to think someone from outside could do a better job than anyone already working there. During my tenure with B+L it seemed that they were nearly always in a state of contraction. Due to the economy and a couple of changes in ownership, layoffs were a regular order of business. Layoffs were/are made without consideration of what the organization needed to support the business needs, but rather with the goal of improving some financial statistic. I fear Valeant (the new owners of B+L) will be the end of B+L. Their business model is a house of cards that must eventually come falling down. B+L was pretty broken before Valeant came along, but it is clear that Valeant has already put their acquisition of B+L in their rear view mirror and consider it done. The business is now being run by a bunch or spreadsheet MBAs who have no idea how to do anything beyond shuffling numbers and cutting jobs. Obviously this type of management will never be able to lead B+L to its full potential.

It tended to operate in a lean fashion, creating a challenge to maintain an appropriate work/life balance. There was a tendency to create too many systems.