Horrible R&D leadership. Petty, backstabbing, passive aggressive and majorly insecure. Only want to hear their own ideas. No integrity - lie to your face, words don’t matter. There is a reason AbbVie cannot and will not organically grow.
Leadership either doesn’t know or doesn’t care about what the reps truly need. They like to say all the right things but, in the end, do not take REAL action to make an impact on the field. They are more concerned with hitting metrics and checking boxes than adapting to current conditions/needs. Because just about everyone’s job relies on the sales rep, anyone who isn’t has to insert themselves into our day. They don’t care about your time, the distractions and stress they cause that really serve no value (CCs/meetings/field rides, etc) all while still expecting you to hit x, y, z call plan attainment. Leadership wants everyone to believe they don’t micromanage..but they do, and they are inflexible and unforgiving about it. Just wish they would get a clue and leave us alone out here. On the plus side of Abbvie, no one should complain about pay, as they pay you well, most of the products are decent, and there are enough people (peers) I have come across in my many years who are kind and helpful.
The company I work for has an extremely toxic culture. Success is measured by how much ass you can kiss. The people in leadership positions are not subject to the same rules as everyone else and do not lead by example. The head of research is an absolute tyrant who protects his buddies. Its classic cronyism.
I used to come to work for the patients first, then the Medtronic Mission. For 12+ years I enjoyed waking up and preparing for my day. Now, under the new Diabetes leadership of Que Dallara, it’s clear Medtronic sold its soul to the devil and people can’t get out fast enough. She’s put up a smoke screen and everyone from Geoff Martha to the BOD are letting her slaughter the business. She must have something in her back pocket because no one dares to question her dictatorship. I wouldn’t recommend my worst enemy to either work for, or use any product associated with Medtronic Diabetes because of her. Patients are just a means to a financial gain to her. She will risk patient safety to meet her bottom line business goal.
Solid pay and bonus potential+vaca time- and good meds. Way too big brother of a company though. Also pull you out of territory for trainings and town halls way too often
Regulatory corruption. Price fixing. Fake sales reporting. IC fraud. Really goes all the way up. What else do you expect from a company that tries to screw their employees by manipulating stock prices? They have a slush fund for law suits and fines that goes over budget every year. More class action suits ahead. They forgot to include black and Latino patients in their cancer trials while touting diversity of their black and Latino employees.
