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4.1
Average Rating
(based on 30 Watson Pharmaceuticals Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
3.9
Growth Opportunities
3.6
People You Work With
4.5
Person You Work For
4.3
Rewards You Receive
4.1
Support You Get
4.0
Way You Work
4.4
Work Setting
4.0
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Chemist

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

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Technician
Person You Work For 4.9 / 5 People You Work With 4.9 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5

Company-Industry Rating Comparison

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Watson Pharmaceuticals (49)

4.5 Highest Rated in this Industry is Fleming Foods (16)
3.0 Lowest Rated in this Industry is Wireless Advocates (20)
3.7 Average of All Companies in this Industry (6,899)
Senior QA Specialist

"Excellent company to work with and exceptional vision."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Lab Specialist
Person You Work For 4.9 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4.9 / 5
Support You Get 4.9 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4.9 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 4.9 / 5
Senior Quality Engineer
Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4.9 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4.1 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 4.8 / 5
Senior Cost Accountant

"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."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Quality Control Supervisor

"Top quality company with lots of growth."

Person You Work For 4.9 / 5 People You Work With 4.8 / 5 Work Setting 4.8 / 5
Support You Get 4.9 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.8 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4.6 / 5
Company Culture 4.8 / 5 Way You Work 3.1 / 5
Systems Operations Analyst

"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."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Project Coordinator
Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Associate Director

"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.)"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Process Technician
Person You Work For 4.9 / 5 People You Work With 4.9 / 5 Work Setting 2.1 / 5
Support You Get 4.8 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.9 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4.8 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4.8 / 5
Legal Assistant

What do you like about working at Watson Pharmaceuticals?

"the people and the opportunity they provided me to expand my skill set"

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

"Do some research on the background of the company as they have had many M/A's."

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

"Little chance for upward mobility and there is nepotism which allows very little opportunity to advance."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Listen to the support staff as far as suggestions in improving the dynamics of their department."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
QA Inspector

"Quality was taken seriously at the company."

What do you like about working at Watson Pharmaceuticals?

"Clean enviroment, and many of the people were pleasant and had a positive attitude."

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

"Watson Pharmaceuticals is no longer in the Phoenix area."

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

"Co-workers that wouldn't perform their job duties in auditing company personnel deviating from procedures."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Performing the essential duties of your job should not count against you."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Senior Manufacturing Engineer

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"

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Systems Developer
Person You Work For 4.5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4.4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5

Watson Pharmaceuticals Reviews FAQs

Is Watson Pharmaceuticals a good company to work for?

Watson Pharmaceuticals has an overall rating of 4.1 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 30 Watson Pharmaceuticals Review Ratings left anonymously by Watson Pharmaceuticals employees, which is 5% higher than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 100% of employees would recommend working at Watson Pharmaceuticals.

Does Watson Pharmaceuticals pay their employees well?

Watson Pharmaceuticals employees earn $61,000 annually on average, or $29 per hour, which is 8% lower than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 2 Watson Pharmaceuticals employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find Watson Pharmaceuticals Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at Watson Pharmaceuticals?

100% of employees would recommend working at Watson Pharmaceuticals with the overall rating of 4.1 out of 5. Employees also rated Watson Pharmaceuticals 3.9 out of 5 for Company Culture, 4.1 for Rewards You Receive, 3.6 for Growth Opportunities and 4.0 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at Watson Pharmaceuticals?

According to our data, the highest paying job at Watson Pharmaceuticals is a Director of Corporate Development at $181,000 annually. Browse Watson Pharmaceuticals Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at Watson Pharmaceuticals?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at Watson Pharmaceuticals is a Manufacturing Operator at $12,000 annually. Browse Watson Pharmaceuticals Salaries by Job Profile.

What are the pros and cons of working at Watson Pharmaceuticals?

According to reviews on CareerBliss, employees commonly rated the pros of working at Watson Pharmaceuticals to be Company Culture, Growth Opportunities, People You Work With and Person You Work For, and no cons.

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