LifeScan Reviews
Updated 12 Jan 2021
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Alex Gorsky
11 Ratings
Pros
"Part of the J&J family of companies" (in 10 reviews)
"Lots of great people have worked here" (in 8 reviews)
Cons
"Middle and Senior Management are inexperienced, unqualified and create a clique environment actively enforcing a culture of favoritism" (in 6 reviews)
"Market is shrinking, making it harder to justify innovation" (in 4 reviews)
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"Great company"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI have been working at LifeScan full-time for more than 10 years
Pros
Great team environment. Technically challenging
Cons
Nothing bad about working here
"Divesting"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI worked at LifeScan full-time
Pros
Great before J&J divestment. Now owned by Platinum Equity
Cons
Down-scaling - part of Platinum Equity
"Terrible place to work"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at LifeScan full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
Salary was ok, and company started out with good intentions
Cons
Middle and Senior Management are inexperienced, unqualified and create a clique environment actively enforcing a culture of favoritism. This was especially true of the engineering functions which are currently headed by former members of R&D who were unable to progress in that area (likely due to incompetence).
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"Downhill company rapidly"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at LifeScan full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Some good products, but lack innovation significantly!
Cons
Lack of innovation, lots of promises, never fulfilled. Such a shame as had so much potential!
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"manufacturing Maintenance engineer at lifescan"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI have been working at LifeScan full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
really good employee benefits scheme Good shift pattern 4 on 4 off
Cons
very top heavy company log chain of command
- Helpful (1)
"Great benefits, lousy leaders"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookI worked at LifeScan full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
Great jnj benefits, bonus, cheap jnj products
Cons
Lousy senior leaders, no long term strategy
"Internship with J&J"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI worked at LifeScan full-time for less than a year
Pros
Good career progression and development plan. Good benefit packages.
Cons
Very corporate. Not for everyone's taste. But as a huge established company, this works well.
- Helpful (1)
"System Specialist - Lifescan"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsApproves of CEOI have been working at LifeScan full-time for more than 8 years
Pros
Great Place to Work and with great opportunities to develop yourself and progress in career
Cons
Nothing that I can Point out. As mentioned above Lifescan is a great place to work
"Probably the best corporate employer in Inverness"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsNeutral OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at LifeScan full-time for more than a year
Pros
+ Good wages for the area + On-site canteen + Free Parking + Central location + Helpful and respectful to employees with children + good suite of workplace benefits
Cons
- Slow moving, traditional business - Many staff are lifetime employees, can be a little frosty to newcomers - Mono-focused, business focuses on one output, little diversification or opportunities for innovation
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"Constant change and uncertainty"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI worked at LifeScan
Pros
Salary is at industry levels
Cons
Management is in total disarray
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