Fort Washington was better... - R&D Johnson & Johnson Employee Review

2.0
18 Sept 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

This is a great networking experience and very well respected company. The benefits are great and the (various sites) have a lot of nice perks e.g. work from home, on-site gym facilities, nice cafeterias, some have sports fields, and open seating. You'll work with the most respected and recognizable brands in the industry from OTC to Medical Devices to Rx, this company has something for all backgrounds.

Cons

There is a high level of stress due to the increased work loads. Staff can easily pull in 60 hour work weeks with quick deadlines on projects. Sites are severly understaffed due to budgets. That seems to be a big issue - budgets are low and have been cut. We hear it at almost every town hall - budgets. With that comes layoffs and not backfilling positions. There are numerous rumors (use that word loosely as it can be meaningless) of more layoffs, sites closing, outsourcing and relocations. The promotional process is very tough. If you have an avanced degree above a Bachelor's you're protected and can advance easily. If you only have a Bachelor's degree, you'll go years without anything. There is considerable bias towards who gets promoted by upper management, folks can easily feel unwanted. Also, recent graduates with advanced degrees will often come in at higher positions rather than somebody with more years of experience and a lesser degree. Overall, it's stressful. You're expected to turn around 9 projects in three days and don't you dare be late because if you are, it goes up the chain and you'll hear about it. Project management is terrible. Instead of staggering projects, they'll clump everything together and overload the same staff members. Very healthy.

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5.0
5 Jul 2026
Recommend
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Pros

High performance expectations, pay, benefits

Cons

401k match below average. This is hypothetically offset by a pension, but for those coming to JnJ late in career, higher 401k would be better.

3.0
16 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The colleagues I worked with were great, friendly, helpful. Because the colleagues were great, I'd love to work there full-time, but this was a short contract.

Cons

The supervisor I was ultimately working for had never worked in digital-related products, in which I had decades of experience. He seemed to be unaware of what every colleague would be telling me (I was interviewing colleagues using a software the manager was intending to propose use for firm-wide). Both the colleagues I interviewed, and the internal technical staff I was speaking with knew the project would not function as he seemed intent on ... forcing(?) it do so. I gave him the resulting report of its users' feedback, and I was finished with my contract. He had gone through 2 other women in this same role, already. And he hired a male after me who delivered esentially the same results. Because I wasn't there, I have no idea of the dream outcome this manager attained, or switched to, later.

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