Toxic work environment - Medical Writer AbbVie Employee Review

1.0
2 Aug 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Money is really pretty competitive

Cons

Bosses do not support employees. Instead of leadership working with leadership in other departments who have direct reports who work with their own direct reports, they come down hard on their own direct report, blaming them for everything that goes wrong in a project. Bosses are spineless and frightened of other people’s bosses and take the easy way out. This place is full of bullying managers who won’t speak up to other managers. Example: I have a project I need input on from department X. That department is unresponsive. I chase and chase and still no response. I tell my manager they don’t respond and instead of my manager telling the department x manager that their employee is unresponsive, my manager tells me to chase harder and if they continue to be unresponsive, it’s my fault. My failure. Something my end of year bonus rides on. How dare I not get a response from them. I just have to deal with it. Reflect on it. Do better. In other words I get bullied by my boss.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
10 Jun 2026
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Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Pay and benefits are excellent

Cons

When I was hired by AbbVie I sold my home and relocated to comply with their mandatory office days. A week after I sold my home they did a reorganization of my department. My hiring manager was forced to retire, my mentor was moved to another team and the work stopped coming in. I was laid off shortly after. I’m now experiencing housing instability. Thanks AbbVie!

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