Pharmacyclics, an AbbVie Company
Pharmacyclics, an AbbVie Company Employee Reviews
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Terrible management and toxic culture
Coordinator (Former Employee) – Sunnyvale, CA – June 20, 2018
Looking at the other reviews, I share the same sentiment as the IT and finance personnel. My management was not "All for One" nor "Clear & Courageous", two of the six cultural themes that Pharmacyclics attempts to promote.
Favoritism is a real issue. Management is quick to forgive any mistakes big or small to those chummy with the big dogs. On the other end, management is cutthroat and expects flawless work despite providing insufficient training and poor instructions. Management will not hesitate to throw you under the bus if work does not meet their expectations regardless of all the accomplishments and sacrifices made for the team.
Favoritism is a real issue. Management is quick to forgive any mistakes big or small to those chummy with the big dogs. On the other end, management is cutthroat and expects flawless work despite providing insufficient training and poor instructions. Management will not hesitate to throw you under the bus if work does not meet their expectations regardless of all the accomplishments and sacrifices made for the team.
Pros
Great product, some great people
Cons
Horrible management, favoritisim, lack of learning opportunities
Not a good place to work long term.
BA and Data Analy (Former Employee) – Sunnyvale, CA – June 7, 2018
Can learn a lot as a start-up company culture.
But the vision is not clear. If you are going against the stream to make better something, you will be in problem.
The company has good product in the market. But the people has to be also be forward thinking.
People do not want to listen if you are not a big shot, for any improvement or change that is good for the company.
You cannot work in a company where the people will say whatever they think is right. This happens because the processes are not standardized.
But the vision is not clear. If you are going against the stream to make better something, you will be in problem.
The company has good product in the market. But the people has to be also be forward thinking.
People do not want to listen if you are not a big shot, for any improvement or change that is good for the company.
You cannot work in a company where the people will say whatever they think is right. This happens because the processes are not standardized.
Great Place to Collaborate
IT Procurement Specialist (Current Employee) – Sunnyvale, CA – February 18, 2018
Great place to be treated as a respected collaborator. Nice accommodations and perks. The company is growing and more jobs are available. Good perks.
Pros
Collaborative
Cons
Still working on reigning in their spend.
Disorganized Training
Quality Control Analyst (Former Employee) – Sunnyvale, CA – November 18, 2017
Horrible training and trainers. Impatient. Made fun of in a foreign language. Management from top to bottom needs to invest time in properly training new staff. Have patience. There's a reason for new openings, because of high turnover rates due to disorganized schedules and workers. Treat contract workers as first class citizens. Not second class people. Include them in meetings and luncheon celebrations.
Pros
Free gym/shower/Friday breakfast
Cons
Hard for promotions.
Company was great before the acquisition
Sr. Paralegal, Intellectual Property (Former Employee) – Sunnyvale, CA – August 22, 2017
Company was great before the acquisition. After the acquisition, the majority of our legal team was laid off. It was a great company and I'm sure it will do well under Abbvie.
Pros
Good Benefits
Cons
No work life balance
Changes all the time
Sr. Administrative Assistant (Former Employee) – Sunnyvale, CA – July 25, 2017
we were great until we got to 300 employees, us admins all worked great together when there was 5 of us. After that the new associates where out for their own.
Pros
n/a
Cons
workplace culture
Great Product
Manager, Collaboration and Vendor Management (Current Employee) – Sunnyvale, CA – June 9, 2017
Company has a great product. Communication standards needs a little work.
I am able to have work life balance an flexibility with my schedule.
A lot of projects and great place to build your resume.
I work with a lot of good people.
I am able to have work life balance an flexibility with my schedule.
A lot of projects and great place to build your resume.
I work with a lot of good people.
Boring and tiring environment
Clinical (Former Employee) – Sunnyvale, CA – April 10, 2017
company uses people and tosses them out and because of that there are constant job opening announcements. for one job there are 3 managers and everyone has different opinion.
Pros
free breakfast on Friday
Cons
Management is poor.
Interesting place with very few good people
Former employee (Former Employee) – Sunnyvale, CA – February 15, 2017
Busy with a lot to do and managements needs some training on communications skills on speaking to all levels with people. Overall as long as work is done your ok.
Pros
Great cafe for employees at a good rate.
Cons
Healthcare is expensive due to merge with AbbVie
Welcoming environment with a driven workforce
CTMS Coordinator (Former Employee) – Sunnyvale, CA – July 4, 2016
Extremely supportive managers provided guidance as well as pushed us to succeed all while promoting team work. It was evident from the start that the company cared for your well being.
Unstable and Unprofessional
Clinical Trial Manager (Current Employee) – San Francisco, CA – June 28, 2016
I accepted a position moved my family out here after a less than stellar interview. I was promised that they would make up the lower pay rapidly with job promotion if I produced results.
Within less than six months I had senior directors thanking me for the stellar job.
The promised promotion to make up for the loss I took, never happened and over a year later never will happen.
Line managers lie to your face, gossip behind your back, spread inconsistencies ( aka lies), and talk to other try to hunt down personal information to manipulate. This is appalling.
Never have I seen this in a work environment to the degree. It is unprofessional boardering of discrimination lawsuits. I am just waiting to move on at a different company. Others have switched departments as frequent as every year just to get away for the rude and clueless upper management.
Within less than six months I had senior directors thanking me for the stellar job.
The promised promotion to make up for the loss I took, never happened and over a year later never will happen.
Line managers lie to your face, gossip behind your back, spread inconsistencies ( aka lies), and talk to other try to hunt down personal information to manipulate. This is appalling.
Never have I seen this in a work environment to the degree. It is unprofessional boardering of discrimination lawsuits. I am just waiting to move on at a different company. Others have switched departments as frequent as every year just to get away for the rude and clueless upper management.
Pros
California weather
Cons
management clueless across the board
Very Toxic culture
IT Person (Current Employee) – Sunnyvale, CA – March 31, 2016
Managers take credit for employee work. No class when it comes to talking to people. They just dont care. Culture does not promote open communication. No growth, lack of promotion/raise unless you kiss-butt or are buddies with the manager.
Pros
some of the people
Cons
everything else
Was great for the first few years.
Desktop Support Technician (Former Employee) – Sunnyvale, CA – March 21, 2016
No longer the company that I was happy at a few years back. Lots of Micromanagement from the new management. Poor culture and bullying going on within different groups.
Pros
Free breakfast on Fridays. Shuttle service from Northbay.
Cons
Clueless management
achieved something big, but at great cost to employees and their families.
Employee (Current Employee) – Sunnyvale, CA – January 31, 2016
Culture of fear. Lack of leadership at most levels. Not a fun place to work for most. Lots of people are leaving, which is why so many jobs are available. Expect more of this.
Bio tech company.
Desktop Support Specialist (Former Employee) – Sunnyvale, CA – October 20, 2015
Was a great place to work. Very close to my house. I got to meet great people and they are still my friends. They had a company wide lay off after clinical trials failed.
Very toxic culture and amateur leadership team. They lead through fear and intimidation. Very rude
Finance (Former Employee) – Sunnyvale, CA – September 14, 2015
Great product--a home run. Culture--Toxic. Exec. Team lead through micromanagement, fear and intimidation. Amateurs at building a collaborative, high performance team. Very political. Compensation and promotions are out of the blue no rhyme or reason. If COO likes you and you suck up enough, you will have two promotions and large increases in one year. Everyone can work their tail off and never get promoted. Very uneven rewards and no recognition. No work life balance. It's all work. Leaders are rude and they don't deserve the titles or compensation they have.
Pros
The product. The people who were smart enough to leave for a better place
Cons
The executive team--rude and mean spirited--total amateurs.