Baxter reviews

3.6

68% would recommend to a friend

(4,478 total reviews)
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Andrew Hider

63% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

Baxter has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 4,478 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Baxter employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Farmacéutica y biotecnología industry (3.5 stars).

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4K reviews
3.0
Mar 1, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

This company has great core values and at the executive level, business endeavors seem to planned and executed in a way that truly maximizes potential of company resources. Brilliant leaders of the company know what is important to employees - effective and timely communcation, work/life balance, recognition, and contributions to the community. Volunteer opportunities are plentiful. The company's commitment to sustainability is impressive.

Cons

What you see is not necessarily what you get. What may be happening at corporate HQ and touted on the website is not necessarily reality at all the locations. There is a lot of stale minds at Baxter and this stifles innovation and creativity at the senior management levels and below. The staleness of the workplace makes it hard to get new, creative juices flowing. Besides being a non-diverse work environment, rankism is the predominant injustice experienced. Promotions are not merit based but seniority based (i.e. whose been around the longest). This contributes to low morale. Managers are thrust into their positions with little to no manager experience or skill. Unfortunately, this creates an environment which does not nurture professional growth and development.

2.0
Feb 21, 2009

Overwhelmingly a cliche

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Encouragement of good work life balance-many people with children were encouraged to get home timely etc. Family values are very much respected - lots of people with children worked from home on Fridays. Dress is business casual There are numerous manufacturing sites to work with. Lots of work is done in groups. Most people are nice to work with. They encourage an open door policy. The company has different divisions so you have the ability to do different things if you are so inclined. There are a lot of people who have worked at the company for a very long time so they understand the history of the projects and understand the leadership.

Cons

Heavily matrixed to the detriment of the business, very much the old boy network, its predetermined who will succeed based on who is in. They are very invested in continuing to be best in the market but there is intolerant attitude-there is more concern about who is delivering a message than what is being said. Management is very siloed from the people below them. They do a lot of very special things for the management and provide a lot of light weight lip service to the people below them. Communication is considered to be a valuable commodity and often you don't get the most important information to do your job unless you are on the inside. They are very invested in keeping things as they are but say they want change. IF you espouse ideas which are not consistent with how things have always been done you are labelled someone who is not a team player. tough environment to come into if you are new - transistions are not eased into-they just throw you in. For the most part nice people but the environment supports a lot of negative cliche activity.

4.0
Feb 18, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It is an easy job. You don't actually need a degree to work this job, although it is required by the company. The management is personable and makes an effort to make everyone feel like a family. The pay is pretty reasonable for the position, but the benefits are the real treasure. The health plan is phenomenal.

Cons

It is an easy job, but very monotonous and stressful at times. Co-workers are mostly left to manage themselves and each other, which means there can be quite a bit of tension when a co-worker decides they are going to avoid work. Otherwise, the job is great, it is also in a good location.

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