Alcon Employee Reviews
Out of 257 Alcon employee reviews, 81% were positive. The remaining 19% were constructive reviews with the goal of helping Alcon improve their work culture. The Operations team, with 86% positive reviews, reports the best experience at Alcon compared to all other departments at the company. The Product team offered the most constructive feedback, with 50% of that department's reviews constructive in nature.
Briefly describe your overall experience at your company
What do you like best about the leadership team?
Take feedback and are receptive
Long term tentures and industry experiences.
excellent examples of leadership and Organized
Leadership team is great they have fun going on daily work and do job happily
Review from Operations Dept
Visuonary, practical, agile /!: fab related tonall elcels in the organsiaiton
What does the leadership team need to get better at?
Honesty, transparency and integrity in their dealings with their people.
Make decisions that are good for the company instead of themselves.
Give opportunities to everyone not only to few friends
Very finite short term goal oriented. Does not take a long view on how to actually improve people and processes.
Leaders need to actually demonstrate the values they say our culture has
What is the best part about your compensation package?
Healthcare, stocks, life insurance anc 401k.
Business and individual performance based.
the cost is median and the benefits are good
dental vision and overall package
Company provides stay, Vehicle and leave for medical and emergency and good support for the employees
Review from Operations Dept
Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation?
Hire people for talent so that people who work dont get overworked.
Favoritism is everywhere with the leadership team
getting paid fairly, salaries are below the mid point of the salary range.
Scarifying personal time on public holiday, weekends, night time to work but not always can get a replacement leave from manager. Worked hard but only received average ratings and increment. Manager can rate based on perception and own preference instead of actual kpi met.
No! I feel taken care of
Review from Product Dept
What are some of the best things about your team?
Dedicated, trusted, smart, experienced, loyal
The family feeling at company
They're friendly and awesome on night shift!
great communication, hard working, collective as one,
Collaborative, fun loving, very committed and high ownership
What do your coworkers need to improve and how could you work together better?
Diversity and experince needs to be valued
there is a lot of favoritism especially with the lead.
Instill a better succession planning infrastructure along with improve length of time in role before moving into new positions.
Review from Marketing Dept
What is most positive about the culture and environment at your company?
Customer centric and patient focussed
In my opinion the co workers
Friendly people and down to earth management
opportunity, continuous education and training is pushed
Collaborative and open. Diverse and inclusive
Review from Marketing Dept
What needs to change to make the company culture better?
Better management, not just ones who care about money, but want high-quality items
Bring in some leaders from other companies/industries at every level to bring some new ideas and shift the culture.
Credit to the people committed to doing the right things that made our company what it is today
Hybrid, flexibility to work remotely, eliminate old working style (needs to show face and work late in office), work life balance,
Performance based criteria created for advancement within Alcon and holding associated accountable to execute against stated criteria versus promoting associates based on relationships with leadership.
Review from Marketing Dept
What did you like most about the interview process?
The people, however that was over 11 years ago.
Behaviour based, logical m, straightforward questions
Recruiter was solid in communication
Interview was not super challenging but allowed me the chance to get to know manager and the company better
The interest shown by interviewing panel about my experiences and what i would bring
What would you improve about your company's interview process?
Communication and organization, loyalty respect
Better questions asked to the potential employee
better communication from recruitment team regarding status of applications
More time, multiple interviews, and some training for the managers doing the interviews. We hire the wrong person more often than the right person. The ability to balance short terms needs and long term success is very lacking.
Explain more about company culture and actual situation and working hours
What makes you most happy at work?
The challenges and the wins.
Is the lider in our market
Going to a stable job
Company is customer centric and provides all that needed to excel in achieving excellence
Review from Operations Dept
The people and the type of work
What's going wrong and how can it be improved?
Quality is taking a nosedive
Culture has shifted to a “subjective”, non-performance based assessment of personnel performance. And has shifted away from a culture based on sustainable ?
Review from Marketing Dept
You can't expect things to be done both fast and right.
Review from Product Dept
What do you like best about your company?
The people at the company
family oriented culture, collaboration & innovation is valued
What would you most like to see improved at your company?
Forward thinking, flexibility in work