Johnson & Johnson reviews

4.1

80% would recommend to a friend

(13,236 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 13,236 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 Farmacéutica y biotecnología industry (3.5 stars).

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1.0
May 21, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Company Backbone; Professional colleagues; Zug Campus Logistics; Convenient office location;

Cons

I have been working onsite in Zug for more than 3 years in an onsite strategic consultant role. My overall experience has been a fairly good one, mostly because I strived with extra efforts to keep it in good terms. However, there were a lot of unethical, low level, discriminative leadership misconducts. The entire Global Procurement Organization in Zug is filled with "leaders" who are very good at burning out their peers or 3rd party service providers, bullying is absolutely normal, faking the daily work is again a norm, the only good thing for which I would give them a prize is kanteen networking and backstabbing. There is nothing great being part of a corrupt organization, promoting talent on back door politics and ivy league men's strategies. It looks and feels like a sinking sheep, the only aspect keeping it alive is poor data reporting (polished numbers) for the US C-LEVEL, a few long time Directors and VPs who are feared and that's about it. For anyone willing to join the Procurement Function is ZUG, I would advise networking with as many current employees, asking for their honest opinion, preparing with straightforward questions and be extremely pragmatic, too many times HR will sell you the grant package when in reality the role will work your mental of.

1.0
May 19, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Name brand - everyone knows J&J. Benefits are ok (not great), compensation is good if you are willing to stay 5+ years to get that pension, Gorsky knows how to milk the press for all that it is worth (just look at the COVID vaccine stuff)

Cons

Where do I begin? J&J has a terrible company culture. Mediocrity and incompetence are rewarded. Leadership promotes based on who they like, zero evaluation of employee's skills. Lots of paper pushers because talented people are "threats" to the middle management who are extremely lazy. HR protects managers and directors while using buzzwords to make it sound like they are inclusive and care about talent. Most talented engineers leave early career if they can - once you reach a certain mid career "level", it is hard to leave and so you are basically stuck. J&J's acquisitions are a joke - they essentially botch every one of them by gutting the acquired company and bringing in their less talented and less competent management.

4.0
Jul 28, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Company culture is very open and welcoming. There are a lot of great people managers and leaders. JNJ has internal frameworks for Marketing Excellence (Mx) and Market Access Excellence (MAx)...together now called Value Excellence (Vx), which keeps everyone speaking the same language, no matter what country or office you're working in...it's the same.

Cons

Unfairness or inequality in career progression and professional development: Some people are forced to climb a well-defined career ladder, rung by rung, while others seemingly get to jump around after 7 months. Glass ceilings exist based on discussions that you're not a part of... Sometimes they hire highly-experienced professionals from stable jobs to get them to bring new expertise into the company, only to let them go after 18 months when the new learning program they made has been rolled out and can be sustained with current employees... It's easier to apply for an internal job if your not a JNJ employee...many times I was held back from putting my name in the hat for some job openings that I was fully qualified to do Sometimes JNJ "talks the talk", but don't "walk the walk": Example: JNJ openly says we are pursuing flexible work schedules, or additional Personal Days when they are attracting new talent, but when push comes to shove they say "it's up to your manager". Because my manager didn't want anybody working from home, ever, my team never got to unless we were sick. Example: JNJ actively hires diverse talent from different education backgrounds for the overall , but these once in the company enon-traditional hires are not given the same opportunities as those who have an MBA

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