Through steadfast leadership and the spirit and personal commitment of our employees, we’ve built a world-class company that delivers products that encircle life, from newborns to ageing adults, from nutrition and diagnosis to medical and pharmaceutical therapy.

Delivering those products starts with having a core set of values. Those values — pioneering, achieving, caring and enduring — have enabled us to get to where we are today and they will continue to guide our behaviours and decisions as we work to advance leading-edge science and technologies, support diversity, focus on exceptional performance and earn the trust of those we serve.

As a company, Abbott is ranked among the top companies in the world for workplace excellence by leading publications including:

Barron’s – Ranked 15th in 2009 “World’s Most Respected Companies” list

BusinessWeek – Named one of the “Best Places to Launch a Career”

Fortune – Named Number 1 “Most Admired Company” in the pharmaceutical sector

Locally, Abbott strives to be an employer of choice — one that can attract and retain people with the highest skill levels, commitment, personal standards and values. We offer excellent career opportunities and a commitment to developing our people for the future, frequent rewards and recognition for great work, and exceptional compensation and benefits.

Learning and Development

A performance culture and developing next generation leaders is central to the learning and development philosophy at Abbott.

Abbott prides itself on the learning and development opportunities provided to employees. Extensive in-house programs, public programs, distance learning and e-learning are supported.
Abbott’s Performance Excellence program helps all individuals thrive at work through effective career development planning. Employees develop a personal growth plan that allows them to identify their career interests and specific actions to enable the achievement of their professional goals. Managers provide coaching, support and follow-up throughout the process.

We also have a formal Onboarding process that will help you get up-to-speed in your new role quickly and effectively.

Continuing employee education is a priority at Abbott Australasia because we believe
that it is only through our people, that we can achieve our business goals.

Reward and Recognition

Abbott rewards employees for performance, results, efforts and ideas.

In addition to recognising and rewarding good work, Abbott also acknowledges employees who demonstrate core values in their interaction with colleagues, customers and the community.

By encouraging employee participation in project teams, Abbott provides opportunities for employee development and recognition for innovation.

Rewards for Abbott employees come in all shapes and sizes — including incentive schemes, ad-hoc team and individual awards through RedBalloon experiences, and even annual local and international awards recognising the top work in the company. Great work doesn’t go unnoticed at Abbott, we aim to take every opportunity to highlight the contributions of our valuable employees.

Employee Benefits

Financial Security

Abbott employees have the opportunity to acquire shares in Abbott through the Company Share Ownership Plan. It is entirely voluntary and all brokerage fees (excluding sell transactions) are met by the company.

Salary sacrificing is a tax effective way for employees to maximise net earning capacity. Abbott employees can arrange to salary sacrifice superannuation contributions, novated leases, Qantas club memberships, laptop computers, mobile phones or electronic diaries in accordance with the Fringe Benefits Tax Act.

Abbott also provides all full-time and part-time employees working more than 15 hours per week with Salary Continuance and Death Cover insurance up to age 65. Abbott also provides $15,000 to the family, to assist with funeral expenses, upon the death of an employee.

Health & Wellbeing

Abbott offers a comprehensive Employee Assistance Program (EAP) that provides employees and their immediate family with free:

• Basic legal advice
• Financial advice
• Confidential counselling service
• Customised exercise and diet plan

As well as the Employee Assistance Program, Abbott also provides employees free annual flu vaccinations and assistance to those wanting to quit smoking.

First Aid Courses are scheduled on an annual basis and Abbott employees are encouraged to gain their first aid qualification to assist in both their private and professional life.

Gymnasium facilities are available to employees located at the Botany Head Office for a small fee. Abbott has also negotiated a Corporate Membership with Fitness First for employees and their immediate family. This provides employees access to Fitness First’s national and international facilities at a Corporate Membership rate.

Professional Development

Financial support may be provided to assist employees with the completion of approved tertiary education in support of an employee’s career development.

Abbott also offers Team Leaders and Managers access to the Manager Assist program — an advisory service providing suggestions and options that enable them to manage interpersonal relationships within the workplace.