Fake as a $3 Bill - Anonymous employee Johnson & Johnson Employee Review

2.0
17 Sept 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good pay. Ability to work from home. Ability to learn a lot in a short amount of time (unfortunately that is because of the high workload).

Cons

I work in digital product development. J&J is a great CPG company with great brands. However, they have absolutely no idea what they are doing when it comes to technology. Work life balance is a joke, as you spend 90% of your days in meetings. Management is very inauthentic and are more like politicians, they pretend to care when others are looking, but its very obvious that they don't care about their employees.

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Cons

- bureaucracy, everything take longer than needs to - culture is "J&J nice," precludes discussing difficult problems blocking progress - hostile to people with autism or others with neurodivergence - diversity is poor, if you are black you very likely not feel "seen" - higher penalties for women being assertive than men - will engage in constructive discharge to get rid of people perceived as difficult to work with - The ratings for employees are on a curve, if you are in a strong team, higher ratings are hard won, not everyone can be exceptional, even if they meet the J&J definition of exceptional. - Feedback is vague, not specific, actionable or helpful. Some manager are good coaches, but they are exceptions. - If you get a moderate rating you are in danger of being laid off. - In the Bay Area, pay is not competitive. HR has data saying otherwise, but I assure you, it is incorrect. Odds are, you will take a pay cut to join.

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