Great Company to Work For...But Criteria for Promotion is Questionable - Pharmaceutical Sales Representative Johnson & Johnson Employee Review

4.0
7 Sept 2008
Recommend
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Pros

The company provides a good balance of family and work life. There is not a whole lot of work expected to be done outside of the 40 hour work week. Traveling is kept to a minimum (at least at the office based rep position).

Cons

Industry changes are dictating cuts in sales force. There is far too much dependency on "overlapping" representatives ("partners"). Being "partnered" with a bad seed can adversely affect your sales and consequently your income. Increasing scrutiny and monitoring of activity have taken the autonomy out of the sales position.

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5.0
22 Jun 2026
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Pros

Fantastic coworkers Great energy Amazing product

Cons

Not remote, would be better to work from home instead of 5 days in office

3.0
16 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The colleagues I worked with were great, friendly, helpful. Because the colleagues were great, I'd love to work there full-time, but this was a short contract.

Cons

The supervisor I was ultimately working for had never worked in digital-related products, in which I had decades of experience. He seemed to be unaware of what every colleague would be telling me (I was interviewing colleagues using a software the manager was intending to propose use for firm-wide). Both the colleagues I interviewed, and the internal technical staff I was speaking with knew the project would not function as he seemed intent on ... forcing(?) it do so. I gave him the resulting report of its users' feedback, and I was finished with my contract. He had gone through 2 other women in this same role, already. And he hired a male after me who delivered esentially the same results. Because I wasn't there, I have no idea of the dream outcome this manager attained, or switched to, later.

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