Eli Lilly and Co. Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"The IT section of ElI Lilly is not the best place if you want to be spot on the latest technologies. It offers good opportunities if you know the technology right when they need it; If you wish to nest in one place and don't really mind about acquiring new knowledge if not once or twice a year; career opportunities are simply insufficient, at least in the IT sector. On the other hand, it offers quite good job security."

What do you like about working at Eli Lilly and Co.?

"My colleagues."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Dress up sharply, never look like you have no idea what they are talking about (most of the times they do not know either), act like what you have always wanted was to work for them."

What don't you like about working at Eli Lilly and Co.?

"The fact that a good idea needs to be estimated 400K times and by the time it is approved, there is no more need for it."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Look around you ! There are tons of ways of working out to reach your goal: you do not have to reinvent the wheel every time!"

What do you like about working at Eli Lilly and Co.?

"Family ambiance, training, career opportunities, the people, the history of the company."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be yourself."

What don't you like about working at Eli Lilly and Co.?

"There was not much I didn't like."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Allow employees to develop their own sailing styles."

"One of the best places I have ever worked!"

What do you like about working at Eli Lilly and Co.?

"Managing reps."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"They expect a lot of you and you work really hard--harder than the hiring company."

What don't you like about working at Eli Lilly and Co.?

"That it was contract sales---you are always afraid that the contract would end. Thereby, become unemployed."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Take care of those employees that get the job done."

"Lilly does not fire or downsize. They realign territories and offer to move you. They count on many that do not want to relocate as their way of cutting."

"Great place to work for."

What do you like about working at Eli Lilly and Co.?

"Great job for the money."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Know your stuff."

What don't you like about working at Eli Lilly and Co.?

"Minimal time for new job searches."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Save jobs."

"ElI Lilly is a good place to work if you are interested in drug manufacturing. Lot of learning is there."

What do you like about working at Eli Lilly and Co.?

"It is one of the good places to work."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Focus on your technical knowledge."

What don't you like about working at Eli Lilly and Co.?

"No reason for this, actually I liked Eli Lilly too."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Focus on giving some training to resources on chemicals and drugs, as most of the time we had to deal with these while designing."

What do you like about working at Eli Lilly and Co.?

"Various tasks and opportunities."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be honest in all your dealings and especially with the FDA during audits."

What don't you like about working at Eli Lilly and Co.?

"Approximately 400 Jobs were cut in 2008 and another 5,500 jobs have been announced to be cut in 2010."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Introduce new medicines based upon remedies found in natural plants especially that grow in the Amazon region of South America."

"Need to support employees better."

"I experienced an amazing opportunity for growth and learning at Eli Lilly."

What do you like about working at Eli Lilly and Co.?

"Job diversity."

What don't you like about working at Eli Lilly and Co.?

"IT had become more stratified."

"Stifling corporate stench; stay away."

"Should have never left company. Great place."

"Unethical."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Work some place else - ANY place else."

What don't you like about working at Eli Lilly and Co.?

"Unethical from the top down, back biting, undermining, hypersensitive, threatening environment (literally!)"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Get good, ethical business managers - starting at the very top."

"It was a good opportunity and a learning experience at the moment."

What do you like about working at Eli Lilly and Co.?

"Good environment."

What don't you like about working at Eli Lilly and Co.?

"It changed to something else due to eliminating the IT area."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be interested in employee conditions."

What do you like about working at Eli Lilly and Co.?

"Good work and personal life balance."

What don't you like about working at Eli Lilly and Co.?

"Poor biotech capabilities."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Need to mentor more personnel."