AbbVie’s mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and products that solve serious health issues and enhance people’s lives today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people’s lives across several key therapeutic areas: immunology, oncology, neuroscience, eye care, and virology in addition to products and services across our aesthetics portfolio. Our state-of-the- art research, development and manufacturing centers across the world allow us to move the best ideas forward faster and deliver transformative change.

In 2020, our mission grew in scope and ability with the acquisition of Allergan and this past year was our first full year operating as a new combined company. Today, we are better positioned for continued growth with leadership positions across the key therapeutic areas of immunology, oncology, neuroscience and eye care, and aesthetics.

At AbbVie, we believe that how we work with colleagues and achieve results matters. The Ways We Work, a core set of behaviors that provide clear expectations for all employees, reinforcing that how we achieve results matters. Integrated into the entire talent journey, these behaviors form the basis for assessing performance, prioritizing development, and ultimately, rewarding employees.



We engage our employees on the topics that matter most to us and to reinforce the culture that we have developed together. Our focus on amplifying our culture has generated positive results on performance, our reputation and the engagement of our leaders and employees. The results of our 2021 employee survey showed that our workforce is highly engaged and increasingly satisfied with our culture. In 2021, our internal employee survey found that 82% of our employees are engaged at work; they have pride, energy, optimism, and a commitment to AbbVie.

Work-life Balance / Integrations

At AbbVie, we care about the holistic well-being of our employees, offering them support through multiple programs, tools, and resources. We support our employees’ work-life harmonization, well-being, and flexibility to help them stay more engaged and productive, which we believe sustains their high performance. We provide people managers with tools, tips, and guidance on how to effectively manage teams. We have supported work flexibility from our very beginning, with global guidelines and tools available to help employees be successful at work and at home, but recently launched a predictably flexible work model for in-office employees, known as Where We Work. During 2020 and 2021, on top of our other well-being benefits, AbbVie provided numerous resources to support employees during the COVID-19 pandemic to provide more work-life well-being. These resources remain in place and include caring for physical, emotional, and financial health, collaborating with coworkers virtually, supporting managers to effectively lead and collaborate with their teams, additional mental health resources and programs and virtual development opportunities.

Workplace Wellness Initiatives

At AbbVie, our approach to employee well-being is AbbVie Vitality, which encompasses a wide range of events, programs, and resources for employees. For example, we offer professionally supervised on-site fitness and rehabilitation centers with aerobics classes, fitness assessments and rehabilitation services at some of our locations and facilitate health fairs, fitness events and team exercise challenges throughout the year. We also provide an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) where employees and their household members can access professional services to help manage any mental, emotional, and family concerns. Globally, we offer a financial assistance program that includes scholarships for employees’ children to attend university.

Equity, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Strategic Priorities

Our EEDI strategy, focuses on several cornerstones of success: drive awareness & understanding; attract and source talent; develop and engage talent; and create connections and community. We do this for our people, our patients, and our business.

Each of these strategic areas has specific objectives and associated initiatives and include implementation plans organized by business function and geography.

An important part of our EEDI strategy is to instill an inclusive mindset in all leaders and employees so that we realize the full value of our diverse workforce. In 2021, launched new virtual inclusive learning programs, building out our EEDI curriculum and continuing to enhance our extensive library and toolkit.

We also supported company-wide programming developed by our Employee Resource Groups to foster more awareness and understanding of diverse communities and perspectives. In 2021, we expanded our global listening sessions, giving employees an opportunity to share their experiences, ideas and thoughts on race, bias, and inclusion. Several sessions allowed employees to develop a deeper understanding of current events impacting many of our employees. At the same time, listening sessions gave the leadership and engagement teams a pulse on how our employees were thinking about those events and how we could best support them.

At AbbVie, we encourage Employee Giving and Volunteering. Serving our communities is our core value, and our employees around the world are committed to giving back. We have been consistently recognized as a company that delivers on its giving promises. Every year, employees can use up to two days of paid work time to volunteer in the community, such as Week of Possibilities and our global week of community service event as our employees found creative ways to stay engaged with our communities.