

Diverse employees at Eli Lilly and Company have rated Happiness, Compensation, and Perks And Benefits as the highest categories they have scored
Women at Eli Lilly and Company have rated Compensation, Perks And Benefits, and Happiness as the highest categories they have scored
Eli Lilly and Company employees are 33% more likely to recommend Eli Lilly and Company as a great place to work
| 56% | Promoters |
|---|---|
| 21% | Passives |
| 23% | Detractors |
Working at Eli Lilly and Company is rated highly by 333 employees, across various culture dimensions. Eli Lilly and Company employees are most satisfied about CEO Rating, Perks And Benefits, and Compensation categories, putting Eli Lilly and Company’s culture in the Top 15% compared to similar sized companies on Comparably and in the Top 20% compared to other companies in Indianapolis, IN. See below in detail how working at Eli Lilly and Company was rated by employees.
Overall Company Culture at Eli Lilly and Company is rated A-
Last updated 7 days ago
Eli Lilly and Company ranks in the Top 15% of other companies on Comparably with 10,000+ Employees for Overall Company Culture Score
Out of 196 Eli Lilly and Company employee reviews, 72% were positive. The remaining 28% were constructive reviews with the goal of helping Eli Lilly and Company improve their work culture.
| Positive Reviews | 72% |
|---|---|
| Constructive Feedback | 28% |
What do you like best about the leadership team?Definitely good and encouraging attitude
What makes you most happy at work?Working with external people …since I often can trust them. I do not trust many people in internal senior managemen
What are some of the best things about your team?Trusting, hard working, passionate, ethical.
What does the leadership team need to get better at?Respecting people, delegating, listening, doing the right thing rather than doing only those things that elevate them in front of their leaders.
What would you improve about your company's interview process?Too many people involved in the process.
What's going wrong and how can it be improved?A clique of people came over from another company together. They are bullies and have inferiority complexes about not having advanced degrees. They manipulate and lie to position themselves as the experts on literally every single topic, from surgery (none of them our surgeons) to medicine, etc.
Lilly is a global healthcare leader that unites caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world.
Eli Lilly and Company was founded in 1876 and its current CEO is David Ricks. Since its inception 150 years ago, Eli Lilly and Company has grown to 38131 employees.
We make medicines that help people live longer, healthier, more active lives.
We will make a significant contribution to humanity by improving global health in the 21st century.
Making medicines requires the use of valuable
resources including energy, water and raw materials.
We’re committed to continually improve our
environmental impact across our product life cycles
and supply chain.
Through 2017, despite significant production increases
at our largest sites, Lilly has reduced its greenhouse
gas (GHG) emissions by 8.4 percent (from 2012 baseline
year) by investing $43 million in more than 170 energy
reduction projects globally. Currently, we are projecting
we will meet our 2020 goals to improve waste efficiency
by 20 percent and reduce phosphorus emission in
wastewater by 15 percent.
Data for 2018 performance will be shared on lilly.com
in June 2019 in our United Nations Global Compact
Communication on Progress report. In 2020, we will
establish our next generation goals and start tracking
our progress towards them.
Lilly recognizes the potential impacts associated with
climate change and the risks of severe weather events.
In 2017, our manufacturing plant in Puerto Rico sustained
minor damage from Hurricane Maria. Since then, Lilly has
completed the design for a new nine-megawatt heat and
power system at our Puerto Rico facility.
The project will improve our resiliency to severe
weather events and our environmental performance.
Cogeneration, which uses combustion to generate
electricity on-site while also recovering usable heat,
presents the opportunity to further reduce GHG
emissions in our operations. This unit is expected
to be completed in 2020, resulting in more than
$7 million of energy savings annually and approximately
a 15-percent reduction in GHG emissions for our
Puerto Rico facility.
The same facility in Puerto Rico has installed a closed
loop recycling system for acetonitrile, a raw material
in our manufacturing process. This project will
eliminate the shipping of hazardous waste via ocean
container to the continental U.S., and reduce the
shipping of virgin acetonitrile to Puerto Rico by
80 percent. The system also reduces supply chain
risks and improves business continuity.
| Headquarter | Indianapolis, IN 46285 United States of America |
|---|---|
| Website | www.lilly.com/ |
| Founding Date | 1876 |
| Tel | (317) 276-2000 |
| Company Status | Public |
| Stock | LLY |
| Jobs | careers.lilly.com/ |
| Social Sites |
Eli Lilly and Company competitors include GSK, Merck, Bristol Myers Squibb, and Pfizer. Eli Lilly and Company ranks 1st in Overall Culture Score on Comparably vs its competitors. See below how Eli Lilly and Company compares to its competitors with CEO Rankings, Product & Services, NPS, Pricing, Customer Services, Overall Culture Score, eNPS, Gender and Diversity Scores.

Eli Lilly and Company has 38131 employees. 333 employees at Eli Lilly and Company have reviewed Eli Lilly and Company across various culture dimensions, providing their opinions on items ranging from executive ratings to the pace at work. The latest review was 7 days ago.
Overall, the 333 Eli Lilly and Company employees give their leadership a grade of A-, or Top 15% of similar size companies on Comparably. This includes specific ratings of their executive team, CEO, and manager.
Employees at Eli Lilly and Company are pleased with their total compensation at Eli Lilly and Company, which includes a combination of pay, stock and equity, and benefits.
Overall, employees at Eli Lilly and Company are pleased with their team. 333 Participants grade the quality of their coworkers a B. The majority believe the meetings at Eli Lilly and Company are effective, and the majority look forward to interacting with their coworkers.
The majority of employees at Eli Lilly and Company believe the environment at Eli Lilly and Company is positive. Most Participants believe the pace of work at Eli Lilly and Company is comfortably fast. About 56% of the employees at Eli Lilly and Company work 8 hours or less, while 12% of them have an extremely long day - longer than twelve hours.
Overall, the employees at Eli Lilly and Company are happy, based on their aggregated ratings of future outlook, customer perception, and their excitement going to work.

The prevailing opinion from employees about joining Eli Lilly and Company is that the company was very prepared on their first day. Eli Lilly and Company employees concluded that their overall onboarding experience was positive. 60% said their direct manager was helpful with their acclimation during the first 90 days. First impressions are important, and how prepared a company is on your first day leaves a lasting impression.
At Eli Lilly and Company 100% of employees think their department KPIs and OKRs are clear. Employees’ understanding of Eli Lilly and Company's KPIs and OKRs is essential for its success. Out of 10 Eli Lilly and Company employees who’ve answered, “Are your company’s goals clear and are you invested in them?” 10 have said yes.
David’s approval rate is in the Top 5% of all CEOs of similar-sized companies on Comparably, and in the Top 10% compared to the CEOs of all other companies in Indianapolis, IN. Eli Lilly and Company’s CEO is highly regarded especially by employees with Entry Level experience, African American/Black employees, and employees in the Marketing department. However, employees in the Product department, Hispanic or Latino employees, and employees with 1 to 3 Years experience have a less favorable view of the CEO and believe there is room for improvement. Compared to Eli Lilly and Company’s competitors, David Ricks ranks right above GSK CEO Emma Walmsley. Under Ricks’s leadership, Eli Lilly and Company employee respondents are most happy about their Perks And Benefits and the company’s Compensation. Environment and Office Culture are two areas, according to respondents, where Eli Lilly and Company could stand to see real improvement.
The Eli Lilly and Company Executive Team is rated an “A-” and led by CEO David Ricks, Senior VP & CFO Joshua Smiley, and Senior Vice President and General Counsel Michael Harrington
David Ricks CEO / President
David Ricks serves as the CEO / President of Eli Lilly and Company.
Joshua Smiley Senior VP & CFO
Mr. Joshua L. Smiley, also known as Josh, is senior vice president and chief financial officer at Eli Lilly and Company... read more
Michael Harrington Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Mr. Michael J. Harrington, also known as Mike, has been Senior Vice President and General Counsel at Ei Lilly & Company... read more
Enrique Conterno Senior Vice President, President of Lilly Diabetes and President of Lilly USA
Mr. Enrique A. Conterno has been President of Diabetes Business Unit at Eli Lilly & Company since November 1, 2009 and... read more
Jan M. Lundberg Executive VP of Science & Technology and President of Lilly Research Laboratories
Dr. Jan M. Lundberg, Ph.D., has been the President of Lilly Research Laboratories and Executive Vice President of... read more
Edgard A. Olaizola Managing Director of India & Sri Lanka and Director of India & Sri Lanka
Mr. Edgard A. Olaizola serves as the Managing Director of Eli Lilly and Company (India) Pvt. Ltd. Mr. Olaizola has been... read more
Alfonso G. Zulueta Senior Vice President and President of Lilly International
Mr. Alfonso G. Zulueta, also known as Chito, has been a Senior Vice President at Eli Lilly and Company since January 1,... read more
W. Darin Moody SVP of Global Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient, Dry Products Mfg and Continuous Improvement Division
Mr. W. Darin Moody has been Senior Vice President of Global Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient, Dry Products Manufacturing... read more
Melissa Stapleton Barnes Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer and Senior Vice President of Enterprise Risk Management
Ms. Melissa Stapleton Barnes has been Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer and Senior Vice President of Enterprise Risk... read more
How much do people at Eli Lilly and Company get paid? See the latest salaries by department and job title. The average estimated annual salary, including base and bonus, at Eli Lilly and Company is $135,071, or $64 per hour, while the estimated median salary is $130,184, or $62 per hour.
At Eli Lilly and Company, the highest paid job is a Director of Sales at $234,411 annually and the lowest is a Receptionist at $39,378 annually. Average Eli Lilly and Company salaries by department include: Product at $180,714, Marketing at $144,886, Operations at $154,630, and Customer Support at $66,445. Half of Eli Lilly and Company salaries are above $130,184.
121 employees at Eli Lilly and Company rank their Compensation in the Top 10% of similar sized companies in the US (based on 362 ratings) while 113 employees at Eli Lilly and Company rank their Perks And Benefits in the Top 5% of similar sized companies in the US (based on 118 ratings).
Salaries contributed from Eli Lilly and Company employees include job titles like Engineering Manager, DevOps, Project Manager- Tech, and Jr Developer. Comparably data has a total of 14 salary records from Eli Lilly and Company employees.
Last updated a month ago.
| Summary | Salary Range | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
1st Percentile $68k | $68k | 1st Percentile |
17th Percentile $99k | $99k | 17th Percentile |
33rd Percentile $128k | $128k | 33rd Percentile |
50th Percentile $182k | $182k | 50th Percentile |
67th Percentile $234k | $234k | 67th Percentile |
83rd Percentile $274k | $274k | 83rd Percentile |
100th Percentile $293k | $293k | 100th Percentile |
* Estimated salaries Estimated salaries are based on data provided anonymously by employees and/or estimated by other statistical methods.
Diverse employees at Eli Lilly and Company score the company 70/100 across various culture categories, placing Eli Lilly and Company in the Top 30% of companies on Comparably with 10,000+ Employees for Comparably's diversity score. The Diversity score provides insights into how diverse employees feel and rate their work experience at Eli Lilly and Company across various culture dimensions.
We believe embracing diversity and inclusion means understanding, respecting and valuing differences. We are committed to D&I in our workplace, marketplace and relationships with suppliers. We are proud to share this work and be recognized for it by organizations such as Catalyst and others.
Eli Lilly and Company's PTO and Vacation policy typically gives 20-30 days off a year. Paid Time Off is Eli Lilly and Company's 2nd most important benefit besides Healthcare when ranked by employees, with 33% of employees saying it is the most important benefit. Eli Lilly and Company's benefits and PTO Package averages to represent a $2500+ cash value per month.

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In 2019, Eli Lilly and Company applied for 40 H1B visas. Of the work permits applied for, 48% were approved, 50% certified-withdrawn, and 3% withdrawn.
An in-depth look at ‘Certified-withdrawn’ H1B applications at Eli Lilly and Company unveil that one approved work permit application was withdrawn before the employee’s start date, and 20 were withdrawn by Eli Lilly and Company after the employee’s start date.
Eli Lilly and Company has a total of 38131 employees
H1B Applications Outcome
This data was calculated using publicly sourced data from OFLC Performance Data

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All Industries | 58% | |
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Finance | 8% | |
Operations | 8% | |
Legal | 8% | |
Engineering | 8% | |
Other | 8% |
Candidates By Location
Indianapolis | 42% | |
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Philadelphia | 8% | |
Carmel | 8% | |
Los Angeles | 8% | |
Bethany | 8% | |
Other | 25% |
Who is the CEO of Eli Lilly and Company?
Eli Lilly and Company CEO is David Ricks, their score by employees is 79
What is Eli Lilly and Company eNPS?
The eNPS for Eli Lilly and Company is 33
What is Eli Lilly and Company revenue?
Eli Lilly and Company revenue is $23B
What is the salary for Sales Associate in Eli Lilly and Company?
Sales Associate average salary in the US is 65k
What are the salaries in the Admin in Eli Lilly and Company?
The average salaries for Admin in Eli Lilly and Company is 60k