Johnson & Johnson reviews

4.1

80% would recommend to a friend

(13,230 total reviews)
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Joaquin Duato

84% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

Johnson & Johnson has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 13,230 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Johnson & Johnson employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

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2.0
Feb 4, 2020

Office Politics Abound

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Pros

Great benefits Pays well Hot-desking Work from home possible

Cons

The epitome of office politics. If you play politics well, you will thrive. If you detest office politics, don't think about joining - you'll drown. If you're happy keeping your head down and working years without much upward movement, you'd be OK. If you play your cards well though, you'd be promoted really quickly. No proper onboarding system. You're essentially thrown into the deep end of the pool and expected to swim - figure everything out on your own. Matrix system. Expect an insane number of stakeholders in every project - you'd need everyone's buy-in and please everyone. This makes things move incredibly slowly. Everyone wants to shine so everyone wants to start their own project. This leads to a mess of multiple meetings and projects that overlaps (and you start to wonder about the purpose of it all). 90% of my time sometimes an entire day is spent in meetings and telcons. You work in teams but beware. No one will give you credit for your ideas and your creation. People WILL take credit for your work. Don't expect recognition for your contribution. This in particular disgusted me. At the end of the day, NO amount of MONEY OR BENEFITS makes up for all these.

2.0
Aug 2, 2018

Shun away from local team

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Pros

Passionate colleagues who are serious about growing the business. Winning mindset and is willing to put in the extra mile. Good working relationship with cross-functional teams.

Cons

Top-down approach only. Senior management is a joke. The directors are all puppets, mostly just doing the talk and has no capability. Constantly changing of directions and they simply just can’t make up their mind. Work life balance is impossible. Be expected to be in countless unproductive meetings on a day-to-day basis and actual work can only start after working hour. Unrealistic expectations on managers and anyone who has tendered on their own accord will be labelled as ‘underperforming individuals’. Too much of red tape in the company. Super backwards company especially in the area of e-commerce but acted like they are the first who have started the digital / e-commerce first strategy. A bunch of clueless directors who have no relevant experience.

1.0
Mar 7, 2023

Don't be fooled

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Some good people still in J&J who continue to care about making safe and effective products. However , many are now looking at the exit door with a desire which did not exist before

Cons

Really bad regional quality leadership , failing upwards seems to be a real thing . . Acquisitions , it been years since Medtech made a smart acquisition. Compensation is below average veering towards bad, the added benefits which you receive propaganda each day about, mediocre at best and they are looking to ways to cut that also. Bonus's have been cut for multiple years now, but executive salary going up. to the CEO , there is NO WAY you are worth 365 times the salary of a scientist or an engineer. in summary , if i were younger and looking for a place to have a career , J&J is not the place

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