Hierarchial big-pharma environment - Anonymous employee Alcon Employee Review

3.0
27 Jun 2013
Anonymous employee
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Pros

intelligent workforce, people generally feel passionate about what they do. a lot of people who have been around a long time.

Cons

very effected by takeover by Novartis. the company has more procedures than you can imagine. management is highly variable. genearally poor communication.

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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
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Pros

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Cons

No clear job roles and the company tries to squeeze work out of lower level engineers.

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