Healthy Skepticism Library item: 11686
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Publication type: news
Goldstein J.
Is Big Pharma’s Big Tent for Employees Enough?
The Wall Street Journal Health Blog 2007 Oct 4
http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2007/10/04/is-big-pharmas-big-tent-for-employees-enough/
Full text:
Big Pharma companies continue to pop up on lists of the best places to work, despite steady layoffs and growing reputations as creativity-stiflers.
While blockbuster drugs may be hard to come by, Big Pharma is pretty adept at offering the kind of groovy postmillenial vibe the young and ambitious look for in the office. In her column today on hip work twists, the WSJ’s Sue Shellenbarger mentions the appeal of several drug makers:
- At an AstraZeneca medical resources group in Delaware, more than two-thirds of the 30 employees are regular users of alternative schedules. “[W]e don’t have set hours” for being in the office, the unit’s manager says.
- At Abbott Laboratories’ nutrition unit in Columbus, Ohio, 75% of 108 employees are on flexible schedules. The only day everyone has to be in the office is Wednesday.
- Pfizer is among the companies that have recently added paid paternity leave.
Health Blog Questions of the Day: What’s it really like to work in Big Pharma these days? Are these sorts of perks for real? And do they make up for the layoffs and uncertainty?
