Poor work life balance - Anonymous employee Abbott Employee Review

3.0
22 Oct 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits, good salary, most of people are nice. Very high efficient and knowledgeable people, Many has PhD. Very diverse organization with employees from race, ethnicity and gender perspective. Many women on leadership. Highly scientific driven organization.

Cons

Employees work every weekend. Basically there is no break. Managers call employees anytime of the day, including on Friday night asking for new/urgent tasks to be completed asap. Every project is accelerated (even the regular ones), which makes employees to suffer a lot. Very tight deadline. Micromanagement is part of the culture, with VP level reviewing each little peace of the work. End up that there is no room for creativity or problem solving because every idea and decision comes from sr. Leadership. A lot of employees experience mental health issues (depression, burnout, anxiety etc… due to high workload. Always pressure to enter vacation in the system (even if you don’t have opportunity to take). Strict return to office policy imposed by the CEO.

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