Would not recommend if you're not passionate about healthcare - Business Analyst Abbott Employee Review

2.0
Dec 20, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits- pay, healthcare and overall benefits are great. Good career development depending on your team and if you are willing to seek it out.

Cons

Abbott has a rough work culture. People here know how to work hard, but a lot of times it feels like we never got rewarded for our work. Generally, people are not friendly here and everybody has this kind of "wow things are so chaotic- haha" attitude here. Most people do not like their jobs and it shows because they are not willing to help others and often times choose to make processes more complicated than they need to be because they have no idea how other business functions operate. I worked in supply chain and I felt that management constantly was making business decisions that were not practical and did more harm then good. At one of the sites I worked at, management told us we would be switching ERP systems and the software implementation went incredibly poorly. It seemed that the decision was not thoroughly thought out and we had to do a site wide production stop because the system no longer fit our processes. Overall- I would not recommend working here unless you are passionate about healthcare. The needs of the business change constantly and it's not worth the stress if you aren't particularly passionate about healthcare or science.

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Cons

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Pros

• Strong brand and market position • Talented individual contributors and subject matter experts sprinkled throughout the organization • Opportunity to work on products that impact many patients

Cons

These comments reflect experience within Abbott Diabetes Care. • Culture can feel political and risk-averse, with difficult issues often addressed indirectly rather than transparently • Decision-making is slowed by multiple layers of management, many of whom appear focused more on managing upward than enabling teams and execution • Long-tenured management structures can create limited accountability, discourage new ideas, and make modernization difficult • Some leadership styles feel hierarchical and dismissive of dissenting viewpoints, making it risky to challenge the status quo • Strategic thinking and decision authority are concentrated among a relatively small group of senior leaders, creating bottlenecks and limiting innovation • Office environments and ways of working often feel outdated compared to more modern organizations • Organizational responsiveness can be frustratingly low. Routine requests, decisions, and communications often require multiple follow-ups, creating unnecessary delays and reducing accountability • Promotions and performance assessments often lack transparency, leading employees to question whether advancement is based on impact, visibility, DEI, or internal relationships • Employees navigating significant career or life transitions may experience varying levels of support, visibility, and development opportunities, making career continuity and progression feel less predictable than they should be

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