Too Much Work, Too Few Employees - werkgeversreview Senior Specialist, Quality Assurance bij Abbott

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8 sep 2023
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Interesting work if you have time to learn. Good people trying their best.

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Repeatedly cutting employees, adding more layers of managers, way too much work to do related to the number of available employees. At first, we were able to absorb more and more work by working early mornings, evenings, weekends and during time off such as vacations. There was no such thing as work life balance despite that being one of Abbott's goals. As even more employees weren't replaced, and more new complex products were launched, there weren't enough hours anymore to do the work. In addition: 1. Antiquated hardware and software on the brink of failure. 2. Required return to the office rules when you could get more done at home without fighting traffic both ways. 3. Threatening people who refuse to return to the office. 4. Horrible coffee in each breakroom. 5. Horrible food in the cafeterias and no menus. 6. Open office except for managers. 7. Having to take conference calls in the open office (very disruptive). 8. Inadequate storage space for work records. Multiple people are storing work records and materials in cardboard boxes under their desks because there is no other place to put them.

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