The scientists are great scientists. The executives are great bean counters. - Anonymous employee Johnson & Johnson Employee Review

4.0
26 Nov 2008
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The best reason to work for J&J is the dedication and intelligence of scientific research project leaders.

Cons

The high turn over in executives (and lack of their scientific background) leaves a vacuum of leadership for, ownership of, and investment in the science which hinders productive research.

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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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