Badly let down - Sales Abbott Employee Review

1.0
27 Feb 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Great products, passionate people, quality management and processes very good. Not bad pay higher up, not good lower down. Good healthcare.

Cons

Bullying, and people in Senior positions because of who they know regardless of being completely incompetent, even in the most basic skills. HR not trusted at all by employees. Don't complain because they will stitch you up. Poor development of less senior employees. Lucky of you go on one training course in 5 years. Mass Abbott redundancies of long term employees, and redundancy pay only statutory minimum. So for example 20 years service will only give you a couple of thousand pounds. HR can be very sinister and intimidating. Can be very cliquey and people can be excluded and minorities discriminated against. Senior management will often support this discrimination.

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5.0
22 Jun 2026
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Pros

Team is supportive and great to work here. lot of freedom and no micromanagement.

Cons

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2.0
15 Jun 2026
Anonymous employee
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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of senior leaders, creating bottlenecks and limiting innovation • Office environments and ways of working often feel outdated compared to more modern organizations • Organizational responsiveness can be frustratingly low.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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