You will only succeed if management 'likes' you - Assistant Brand Manager Johnson & Johnson Employee Review

1.0
Jul 29, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great starting salary for Assistant Brand Managers, higher than industry average Good perks, company discounts, on site gym, good vacation days

Cons

Management will quickly (within the first month) make a decision if you are a 'JnJer' or not, and if you are deemed not, then sorry but no matter what you do you will not be recognized and be given more and more difficult and unreasonable projects to that you purposely under-perform. Work life balance did not exist, was expected to work 12+hr days and was told off if you didnt answer emails on weekends. You had to always be switched on Cult like culture- your peers who were deemed 'JnJers' would be given preferential treatment by managers and would also make it clear that you (if you were not a JnJer) were not welcome in the company Mid and End of Year reviews extremely subjective based on the above points. Managers telling you that you are under-performing without being able to give specific examples.

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Pros

The colleagues I worked with were great, friendly, helpful. Because the colleagues were great, I'd love to work there full-time, but this was a short contract.

Cons

The supervisor I was ultimately working for had never worked in digital-related products, in which I had decades of experience. He seemed to be unaware of what every colleague would be telling me (I was interviewing colleagues using a software the manager was intending to propose use for firm-wide). Both the colleagues I interviewed, and the internal technical staff I was speaking with knew the project would not function as he seemed intent on ... forcing(?) it do so. I gave him the resulting report of its users' feedback, and I was finished with my contract. He had gone through 2 other women in this same role, already. And he hired a male after me who delivered esentially the same results. Because I wasn't there, I have no idea of the dream outcome this manager attained, or switched to, later.

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