AstraZeneca reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(7,930 total reviews)
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Pascal Soriot

89% approve of CEO

79% positive business outlook

AstraZeneca has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 7,930 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The AstraZeneca employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology industry (3.7 stars).

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8K reviews
1.0
Nov 20, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

They still provide benefits and a company car.

Cons

Where to begin given such an extensive list? Hmmm... 1. AZ leadership, global and US, lacks: Vision, Accountability, Self-Awareness, Sense of Purpose, Creativity, Authenticity, Humility, Passion, & Courage 2. AZ is nothing more than a reach & frequency company that can't get out of its own way regardless of area: Commercial, R&D, Distribution, HR, you name it it's broken here 3. AZ isn't interested in selling (if you're looking for a sales / account management / sales leadership position) so much as it is sales. If you're looking for a Commercial / Field Sales role of some sort don't worry about being qualified or over qualified as the first isn't something in which the company is interested and the second is a given regardless of employment background or tenure. 4. AZ would prefer not to hire or retain the employment of intelligent, self-motivated, business minded, self-aware Commercial representatives as it works against their model of hire people who can provide in person TV ads. 5. AZ lives and perpetuates a culture of corporate nepotism which would be less offensive if those benefiting from such a culture weren't such horribly incompetent choices 6. AZ lives and perpetuates a culture of bias. Be it gender on gender, gender against gender, competency bias, sexual orientation bias, you name it the bias culture is prominent and in the Commercial organization and not likely to change because of its culture of corporate nepotism 7. Career advancement opportunities are finite; being a sycophant does help though 8. Salary / bonuses fall grossly below industry average 9. In large part it was embarrassing and remains to be for those still at AZ, to admit to others in the same industry that AZ is where one works as it is widely viewed as one of the most incompetent organizations filled, top to bottom, with people who just aren't very bright or their intellect has been put to work in an area all wrong for employee & employer 10. Clinical and competitive training is non-existent as is market landscape awareness

2.0
Jun 24, 2017

Associate

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Big company, good benefits

Cons

Work and life not balanced in some departments. Not all but some managers are very rude and immature. Can read most employees faces how stressful they are without talking. The worst place to work.

3.0
Mar 1, 2016

Director

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

They try to embrace company values They have a great pipeline especially in Oncology They have a great CEO who is a high science genius and a really great VP of North America Great benefits for full time employees

Cons

They try to make you think they care about diversity in the workplace but they don't seem to live up to the hype. Many white male dominated departments and everyone turns a blind eye. They always have lay offs no matter what they tell you - when drugs go off patent have your resume ready to launch Some of the senior leaders there are not strong and not respected so if you wanted to move into other roles you had to consider who you would be working for The marketers are arrogant and unwilling to accept any ideas. They use vendors for EVERYTHING and only promote within their small circle Unless you want to live in Wilmington DE or Gaithersburg, MD there are not many opportunities in head quarters

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