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

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
3.0
Mar 28, 2025

Great Place to Start Off

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Unlimited FTO - benefits - very flexible

Cons

- No room for growth in QA/QC - Work every other weekend - Promotions based on favorites - Pay-cuts and layoffs - Senior analyst talk crap about newbies in the lab - Changes are very hard to implement. Your ideas are not valuable

4.0
Mar 28, 2025

Tech teams

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good policies and employee perks

Cons

Lot of politics by middle management and unfair bias

2.0
Mar 25, 2025

It was a job

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

flexible schedule and able to move departments

Cons

The employees were abrasive and management was abysmal

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