Working at Watson Pharmaceuticals in Corona, CA: 15 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Corona, CA Area

"Great company but as of now they are going through a shut down in their Corona plant so unfortunately they are laying off people."

"I've worked at Actavis plc (formerly Watson Pharmaceuticals) since 2006, Actavis plc is a global, integrated specialty pharmaceutical company focused on developing, manufacturing and distributing generic, brand and biosimilar products. With offices in over 60 countries they have access to over 5 billion consumers. At Actavis Network Operations Center (NOC) team, I am an escalation point for the production data center. I assist with general IT administrative activities."

"My overall experience was satisfying."

What do you like about working at Watson Pharmaceuticals?

"I enjoy the day to day challenges that a manufacturing finance department offers."

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

"Be yourself. Do your homework. And try to use actual work experience to support your strengths."

What don't you like about working at Watson Pharmaceuticals?

"I was a contract employee and not full time employee."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Work closer with floor level employees and management to maintain and control bill of material cost and material information. Create margin report by product line."

"I have almost 32 years of solid pharmaceutical experience, which is helpful in my position at Watson Laboratories Inc."

What do you like about working at Watson Pharmaceuticals?

"Daily challenges, great co-workers, not boring at all, benefits, and respected by competitors in the business world."

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

"Demonstrate your willingness to be a team player and document your past career achievements."

What don't you like about working at Watson Pharmaceuticals?

"I think the that company is very weak in career development and career path."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Encourage people to think more outside the box. Listen more to the ideas of middle management (not necessarily the need to adopt all of those ideas.)"

What do you like about working at Watson Pharmaceuticals?

"Seeing familiar faces, and working with responsible, detail oriented people that have one common goal."

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

"It is a great company to work with. People are nice, very healthy environment."

What don't you like about working at Watson Pharmaceuticals?

"Didn't see any growth on my position and I traveled 90 % of the time."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be more specific on project scope and time line. Overall I like the company and I learned so much in my past 6 years working with Watson."

What do you like about working at Watson Pharmaceuticals?

"The ability to work on improvement projects that have been identified through my own analysis"

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

"Be willing to work long hours and weekends, and have strong people skills"

What don't you like about working at Watson Pharmaceuticals?

"The lack of people resources to implement and work on various improvement projects"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"To improve the support structure by hiring more people to provide project support"

"I've greatly enjoyed working for Watson"

What do you like about working at Watson Pharmaceuticals?

"CEO has an aggressive global vision and is executing on that."

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

"Need to be willing to travel. Will need to move to NJ if you want to be promoted."

What don't you like about working at Watson Pharmaceuticals?

"When HQ moved to New Jersey, the plans for the former HQ were not made clear for well over two years leaving the staff in limbo."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Continue to be more aggressive with acquisitions, especially as it relates to IT infrastructure. Taking so long to integrate Andrx cost a lot of money in redudant effort."

"Great for beginners"

What do you like about working at Watson Pharmaceuticals?

"Great job security and knowing what you do makes a difference in people's lives."

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

"You will get better opportunities if you are a screw-up. They will not fire anyone just move you around and give you more opportunities for your resume. If you are good at your job, forget about geting any other opportunities. You will be stuck."

What don't you like about working at Watson Pharmaceuticals?

"No growth opportunities available even after getting your education. Broken promises."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Reward the good people and deal with the bad. Don't just keep blinders on and pretend everything is okay."

"Great company"

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

"Be open and honest"

What don't you like about working at Watson Pharmaceuticals?

"old school mentality"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Think globally"

What do you like about working at Watson Pharmaceuticals?

"Great people and good boss"

What don't you like about working at Watson Pharmaceuticals?

"Growth opportunities"

"I've worked for better employers"

What do you like about working at Watson Pharmaceuticals?

"They were willing to work around my school schedule while I was in school."

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

"Do your homework before applying; depending on which sector you are interviewing for."

What don't you like about working at Watson Pharmaceuticals?

"They do not stick to their promotion promises. They say one thing then do another. They do not invest in their departments fairly. Growth opportunities are scarce."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Stick to your promotion promises."