Johnson & Johnson reviews

Where to begin….senior leadership doesn’t have a clue. They are so out of touch with employees it’s frightening. Open seating (no set seat, open focus rooms) is the worst concept of all time. Taking important calls from the parking lot or cafeteria is a common occurrence because there is no open space to meet. Most buildings face overcrowding. The new “JNJ Flex” work policy where there are 2 work from home days, one that is assigned to you and Friday is a complete joke. It’s not flexible at all and frankly it was a last ditch effort to keep up with other companies that were offer more flexibility. Don’t buy the hype. They say all Manager and Senior Manager positions are “eligible” for equity compensation, but that’s a lie. There’s almost always none left after covering all the directors and their guaranteed comp. Don’t be fooled, it’s not going to happen so don’t bank on it, even if you get an Exceed on your performance review. Any senior leader in the company worth a darn has left in the past few months and the spin out of consumer products is a disaster. Frankly, if you are thinking of join, don’t buy into the hype of a wonderful culture. It definitely was several years ago, but it’s gone down hill quickly. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a strong company that’s generally well regarded but it’s not quite what it seems.

- For such a big conglomerate, J&J is an incredibly cheap company. Don't expect big budgets or big investments for game changing technology. The company in medical device runs extremely lean. - Everything is outsourced: R&D, Manufacturing. It's extremely frustrating as an engineer. - J&J is where innovation goes to die. If you want to innovate and design cool stuff, J&J is not the place for you. There is so much red tape and stuff out of your control that it's extremely frustrating to try and do your job well - Quick Promotion path is only for a special group of people. Very hard as a lower level engineer to get promoted. - Problem with J&J is that it cares more about "optics", the appearance of solving a problem and how the company is perceived then actually fixing any root issue. - I was shocked how little control that the Managers, Directors and VP have in terms of direction. Everything is dictated by the guy at the top Shlomi.