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      Alcon

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      Alcon reviews

      3.7

      66% would recommend to a friend

      (2,530 total reviews)
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      David J Endicott

      76% approve of CEO

      63% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.8

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.8

      Compensation and benefits

      3.6

      Culture & values

      3.6

      Work/Life balance

      3.3

      Career opportunities

      3.2

      Senior management

      Alcon has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 2,530 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Alcon 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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      3K reviews
      2.0
      Jul 4, 2013

      Used to be top 100 company to work for.

      Engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The benefits are decent. Onsite gym and cafeteria. Money is no object on R&D projects. Captive molding and assembly operations.

      Cons

      Not long ago the CEO of Alcon sent out an email highlighting a new perquisite for employees that basically entitled employees to work half days on Friday without taking PTO during the summer. The only caveat being you had to put your time in throughout the week. The immediate next day local senior management revoked the new perk. Good job and way to boost employee morale. With all that, communication isn't exactly stellar. Large talent pool with a lot of egos. Under performers can hide in this org for years. Maybe that's a perk?... Time keepers keep you on a tight leash.

      1.0
      May 25, 2013

      BEWARE---Not a Good Company

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The salary and benefits are good.

      Cons

      Politics. They discriminate against former Ciba employees who were merged into Alcon. Not a good work environment since Ciba merger into Alcon. Don't know what those Nazis at Novartis were thinking when they merged Ciba into Alcon, but the result SUCKS. Alcon forced many field employees to work in the Ft. Worth headquarters, and those folks are NOT happy. They are very miserable and most really hate the Alcon culture and only continue to work there for the money. (Considering that the job market continues to struggle.)

      1.0
      Jan 13, 2013

      Toxic, unhealthy environment

      Senior information specialist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      As previously stated, beautiful campus. Decent pay butfor the toxic culture

      Cons

      Culture of blame most prominent in the IT organization Director level distrust and lack of cooperation Finger pointing and no ownership

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