Abbott Labs Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Abbott Labs full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Abbott was a great learning experience and provided a chance to try new things. They are well financed and open to new ideas.

Cons – Too much change at one time leads to uncoordinated projects, delays, impacts to customers, and product quality, all of which can be avoided with proper project management.

Advice to Senior Management – Yes project management is an additional overhead cost, but invest in it now and your long term costs and impacts will be minimized.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Abbott Labs

Pros – location location family big city

Cons – long drive heavy traffic manager

Former Employee – worked at Abbott Labs full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Company values centered in the patient
Nice work environment and enjoyable people to work with
A company interested in Diversity and Inclusion

Cons – None that I can think of

Advice to Senior Management – Keep up the good work!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Abbott Labs full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Good peer interaction
Able to take additional responsibility
Ok benefits with pension
Reasonable work hours

Cons – Sr Managers and above have very poor skills both personal and professional.
Management breeds and encourages mediocrity.
Many conflicting priorities

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Abbott Labs full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Unique experience on how to work the right way.

Cons – Too much work and stress in the daily chores.

Advice to Senior Management – Planning is the brain of the plant execution.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Abbott Labs full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Benefits, company growth, a great balance of people

Cons – too many lay offs made job hard to feel secure

Advice to Senior Management – Be more people involved

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Abbott Labs full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Pay, bonus, and benefits are good. Product lines are strong and good sources of revenue.

Cons – Communication is lacking between Corporate and divisions. Finance business systems are terrible. They need to upgrade so the whole company is on 1 system and dump the patchwork of systems from the 1980's.

Advice to Senior Management – Communicate! It is very frustrating sometimes when we don't know what decisions are being made at Abbott Park until late in the game.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Abbott Labs as a contractor for more than a year

Pros – Great opportunities for personal development

Cons – To many politics, contractors, personal connecttions, philosophers

Advice to Senior Management – Hire more doers than philosophers

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Abbott Labs full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Profit sharing, company car, remote work

Cons – Little to no advancement, perform well more work added one with no compensation

Advice to Senior Management – Pay attention to people's growth plans

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Abbott Labs full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Easy to get a position, good introduction to quality system, defined work schedule, commercial site so little surprises and some exposure to project work

Cons – Bad atmosphere, little opportunity for learning/development, low salary, little opportunity for employees to voice opinions, sometimes a feeling that you were still at school.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend