Allergan Employer Reviews

I work in Eye Care and not all Area Managers are bad but my Area Manager, he is a MICRO-MANAGING NIGHTMARE!!!

This guy has only been in his role for 9 months and already people have started to leave since he took over!!!

I have a young family, do not get enough time with them, always having to complete tons of paperwork and respond to emails EVERY – more... WEEKEND!!!

The constant threats of losing our jobs is too stressful for me. I am also looking to get out myself. – less

Flexibility in the day. Being able to enhance prescibing choices and bring new information and products to Doctors that could help their patients.

Audio /Video Specialist and Website Specialist.
• Set up audio/video presentations for sales training. Record and post-process videos of training sessions and interviews. Perform video editing using Adobe Premier and analog editing machines.
• Design and maintain a multimedia web page for Surgical Division.
• Set up the Phaco eye-surgery machine for – more... training classes. Support sales forces web & projectors – less

A typical day at work starts off with about 10-15 emails, then certain items you need to do, along with a meeting or two a day. The management is good, but new to the device industry. The co-workers are amazing and make a great team. The hardest part of the job is dealing with the constant change and new directions the company takes. The most enjoyable – more... part of the job is helping others conduct a clinical trial. – less

This has great upper management but when certain areas were further looked at, the management lacked in many ways. My immediate boss would always talk about us gaining his bonus, which I felt was very unprofessional. There is also a lot of communication problems between our immediate supervisors and their bosses. Company is a great company to work for – more... other than that. – less

I was only paid 7.25 per hour for hard labor. most of the time the boss would take me on missions to get supplies with him put only paid me for working at the site. No compesation for time taken to gather supplies, which was daily

My departure from Allergan was to relocate back to San Diego and ensure the health and wellness for my mother. It was what I needed to do at this time in her life.

I was passionate about my position at Allergan. Over the years, I became a subject matter expert of people. I was very successful in identifying the perfect fit for the specific needs of – more... Allergan's internal customers; the 6 therapeutic areas. Candidates need not possess clinical experience, rather, excellent computer skills, a positive demeanor, the ability to communicate and the passion to learn about the drug development cycle. I did the rest.

I identified items necessary for the Clinical Project Assistants to excel and in doing so, created the entire training curriculum for the position. I started with 5 Clinical Project Assistants who supported 3 therapeutic areas. When I left Allergan, there were 34 individuals functioning as Clinical Project Assistants, the therapeutic areas had promoted into their groups, over 35 CPAs, and I had hired and trained over 75 individuals personally.

My days were spent training and mentoring the team, meeting with senior management in TAs to discuss needs, improve processes specific to tasks at hand, serve as the liaison to all cross functional departments with which we worked, meet with direct manager to discuss process improvement, implement changes, evaluate performance of team.

The hardest part of my job was to identify 1 stellar individual when only 1 advanced position was available. Given I trained them and although there are different learning curves for everyone, I was confident who ever was placed in that position, would thrive.

I believe I was highly respected within my group, the TAs, as well as the cross functional departments. I felt as comfortable speaking with my peers as I did presenting to senior management.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Elizabeth – less

The co-workers there are excellent. They are all easy going people with patience. We were like a family there. The boss cared about your career. He always gave me good advice for how to improve both work and life.

The harder you work, the more money you can make. Although you may work several hours, the schedule is flexible. Customers are very appreciative.

great products, excellent compensation. I learned a tremendous amount about teamwork, healthcare, compliance, and was fortunate enough to have had some wonderful managers and partners during my time there.

Great place to start your career as the company is very stable and still growing.

From day to day is different, but essentially I work with investigators who are enrolled in our studies. Sometimes this involves paying patients for site visits, sometimes reviewing potential errors on forms, and resolving inquiries related to devices.

Good benefits, comparable wages, and great people to work with. My department was moved out of state. The severance package was good. Was given the opportunity to move but I declined. Promotion was good to a point. It depends on the department.

While work days are very busy and demanding, there is a sense of camaraderie among the people I work with that make the job enjoyable. My fast-paced, hands-on position requires some professional training, but anyone can do it if they so desire.

The best day of my life will be when I leave here. Management is a joke, especially on the SkinMedica side. The most MICRO-MANAGED job I have ever had. Steer clear, there is ZERO work life balance with this company, and they sell our products online on their own website! I wanted to work in pharmaceuticals...this is more like Avon.

* I really learned much @ Allergan. Called on "7" separate disciplines to include: Ophthalmology, optometry, dermatology, Headquarter retail, Teaching Hospitals, Managed Care Facilities, HMO's
* Just look @ the above and I also did it in management @ "2" separate levels of management
* The biggest issue was their "enthusiasm...which in my mind is extremely – more... contagious!!!
* Having to carry out a marketing policy I was personally @ odds with
* Working & seeing people develop & grow...that was just GREAT!!! – less

Fast speed environment, very friendly atmosphere. The hardest part of the job for me was when the system fail and sales reps and us, the processor, literally stopped doing our job, without the system all of us were in trouble. The most enjoyable part of the job was to know that you could allays count with your co-workers.

In daily work worked with the best injectable doctors in Northern Calfornia. Top selling territory selling $2 million, to just one client. Taking them from #10 to #1 in the nation.

Allergan is a good post college place to start. Raises are non existent.

Fairly tedious, but we were allowed to listen to music in the file room