AstraZeneca reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(7,955 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 7,955 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
3.0
Feb 12, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

The salaries are comparable to the rest of the Washington D.C metro area. If you are in with the right people, there are opportunities for advancement. Some of the people were great to work with.

Cons

There are 2 sites. Manufacturing in Frederick and Headquarters in Gaithersburg. The culture difference between the sites are like night and day. The manufacturing site employees are treated as second class citizens. There is very high turnover along with reinvention of the wheel syndrome. Low morale and a fear of losing jobs. Work/Life balance is NON existent.

4.0
Feb 9, 2013

Continuously Evolving

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great people, for the most part good work-life balance, flexible schedules, diversity focused. Potential for remote working once/week.

Cons

Difficult to keep focused when the ax is always swinging over head, due to cuts or potential cuts. The uncertainty however is what most in pharma are experiencing today. Flatter and flatter organization good and bad. Promotions are taking longer and longer.

5.0
Feb 8, 2013

Positive if you work hard and don't think things fall in your lap !

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Passionate people who care about healthcare. New direction to drive better medicines through innovations. Bringing in a lot of new people and new skills.

Cons

Matrix organisation, and lots of change. Lots of TLAs (three letter acronyms). Obviously the patent cliff is coming but they have an external focus now.

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