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Agios Pharmaceuticals

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Agios Pharmaceuticals reviews

4.1

59% would recommend to a friend

(110 total reviews)
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Brian Goff

92% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Compensation and benefits

4.1

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Work/Life balance

4.0

Culture & values

3.8

Senior management

3.8

Career opportunities

Agios Pharmaceuticals has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 110 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Agios Pharmaceuticals 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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110 reviews
1.0
Oct 16, 2017

Not Happy

Anonymous employee
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Business Outlook

Pros

I did not have a good experience therefore I do not have anything good to say.

Cons

Management need training!

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Agios Pharmaceuticals Response
8y
Thank you for taking the time to share your comments, although it is disappointing to hear that your experience here was not more positive. At Agios, we do invest in continuously improving leadership skills and we provide training for all managers to participate in. Please know we do take employee feedback very seriously and we always look for opportunities to improve our managers’ skills and individual employee experience. We would welcome the opportunity to learn more about your experience and ways we can improve for the future, in the event you are available to share more details with us. - SVP, HR
3.0
Sep 24, 2017

Immature team environment

Anonymous employee
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CEO approval
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Pros

CEO is truly inspiring and he recognises that employees are the most important assets to the company. I love the supply of fruits, yogurt, snacks and occasional ice cream fairies. The company is full of young adults and fun. Fast paced and if you know what you are doing and love working hard, you can contribute a lot to the program.

Cons

Many inexperienced employees are in director and above positions as they joined in early days of the company. They do not take a counsel from people who are more experienced. Watch out for colleagues backstabbing, gossips and office politics to keep you out from the data that you need to work efficiently. It is hard to build a strong team with this culture.

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Agios Pharmaceuticals Response
8y
Thank you for taking the time to provide your comments about your experience here, although we are sorry to hear that is was not an entirely positive one. We are glad to hear that you are enjoying the pace at Agios. We are working hard and investing in further team and leadership development. In addition, a large focus as we scale has been implementing competency based interviewing, assessing talent from both a technical and behavioral / cultural perspective. As we continue to advance this work, we would love to integrate your perspective and specific feedback. We are committed to learning as a company and we are constantly striving to improve and grow – if you would like to discuss this, we encourage you to reach out to me directly. Thank you. - SVP, HR
3.0
Sep 13, 2017

Churn has put the glory days in the past

Anonymous employee
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CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Much about the culture is fantastic. The CEO, David Schenkein, is one of the best things about the company in a lot of ways. His care for and commitment to patients is extremely palpable. The idea upon which the company is based, cancer metabolism, was also not a bad one although it's debatable whether a real cancer metabolism drug will ever come out of Agios. Patients are being helped regardless of the pathway with the approval of IDH drugs though and that's what matters.

Cons

Upper management long ago gave up on removing poor leaders. The place is littered with marginal management (centered around director level) that don't live up to the Agios hype and don't direct the company in any meaningful way. There are some stars in this class and these are the rare directors that have risen through the ranks and not left the company for greener pastures but unfortunately they are the minority. My greatest fear is that Agios will be another Amgen coasting off an early success that is largely driven by some early hard work and good luck with IDH (and maybe from the clever repositioning of early PKD drugs) but will flounder for years with the vacuum created by most of the early leaders and pioneers having departed. Fingers crossed that I'm wrong and things will somehow look up.

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Agios Pharmaceuticals Response
8y
Thank you for taking the time to provide your insights. I am glad that during your time at Agios our mission of getting medicines to the patients who need them resonated with you. As a company, we are constantly working to develop our leaders and to ensure that our managers are able to lead in the best way possible. We would love to hear more from you to further understand the context of your feedback and to be able to have a dialogue around your concerns. If you would like to touch base, please reach out to me directly to connect. - SVP, HR
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