Toxic work environment - Medical Writer AbbVie Employee Review

1.0
2 Aug 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Money is really pretty competitive

Cons

Bosses do not support employees. Instead of leadership working with leadership in other departments who have direct reports who work with their own direct reports, they come down hard on their own direct report, blaming them for everything that goes wrong in a project. Bosses are spineless and frightened of other people’s bosses and take the easy way out. This place is full of bullying managers who won’t speak up to other managers. Example: I have a project I need input on from department X. That department is unresponsive. I chase and chase and still no response. I tell my manager they don’t respond and instead of my manager telling the department x manager that their employee is unresponsive, my manager tells me to chase harder and if they continue to be unresponsive, it’s my fault. My failure. Something my end of year bonus rides on. How dare I not get a response from them. I just have to deal with it. Reflect on it. Do better. In other words I get bullied by my boss.

Explore other reviews about AbbVie

5.0
27 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great place to work. Competitive salary and benefits.

Cons

It has been a great experience for me.

4.0
23 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

I learned a lot while working this job. The systems like Veeva and Workfront were difficult to learn at first, but once I got the hang of them it was great. There were a lot of great people working around me that wanted to see me succeed.

Cons

Working as a contract worker had it's cons. At times, it felt like I was a little bit of an afterthought in the company with some superiors because I was not a full time employee. Communication suffered at times as well.

See reviews by: Helpful|Rating|Date|All