Abzena reviews

3.2

63% would recommend to a friend

(188 total reviews)

Geoffrey Glass

42% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Abzena has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 188 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Abzena employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

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188 reviews
1.0
Jul 11, 2021

DO NOT JOIN- TOXIC!!!

Recommend
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Pros

Good health and 401k benefits.

Cons

Every department is over worked and stretched thin. Management is never onsite, leaving scientists to make all the decisions. Each scientist is openly expected to do a 3 FTE (full time employee) job.

1.0
May 12, 2023

Don't Take the Job!!

Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits and adequate parking. The air conditioning works well.

Cons

It is difficult to know where to start. - Lies Management lies to customers and staff. Abzena started GMP manufacturing without 50% of the resources it needed to do that. It promised Customers delivery dates that anyone with more than 2 years of experience would know couldn't be met. - Space The facility is inadequate for the work that needs to be done. The labs are not big enough there is not enough office space. -Falsifying Data, management condones this. In fact, the current head of manufacturing was promoted after leading a campaign where the batch had to be rejected because the client noted the fabricated date in the Batch record -Treating staff like they are worthless. Thus the high turn over. -Upper management seems not to understand that without folks to do the work the work will not get done. -No amenities, The break room is large enough for maybe 6 people, over 100 are on site.

1.0
Aug 23, 2022

Broken Beyond Repair?

Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits that you will definitely need after working here. Some great coworkers as well.

Cons

There were fatal errors made in scaling this company after the PE group took over that I don’t think can be fixed. Amazing leaders who have been successful all their careers are getting chewed up and spit out left and right. The C-Suite will say that it’s because this is a startup. But that is disingenuous considering the individual sites have been around for over a decade. It’s just a bad excuse for horrible leadership. This company will bring you nothing but pain and sorrow.

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