AstraZeneca reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(7,947 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 7,947 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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4.0
Oct 10, 2012
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Pros

On the whole, AstraZeneca has great people. There are a lot of smart people, particularly in R&D, who know their jobs and actually like working *with* other people. If you're interested in healthcare or scientific research, want a seriously challenging career and are among the best at what you do, AZ is a good place to spend your time... AZ also takes work/life balance seriously. So if you have a family, whether that's children or parents or siblings, AZ management tends to be sympathetic to those needs.

Cons

A more complex web of matrix management you won't find outside of a government bureaucracy. This provides a huge cost in speed of decision making and in accountability. Giant patent cliff is coming. Heavy reliance on outsourcing (though this has good points, as well as bad).

2.0
Oct 10, 2012

Disappointing realities of dysfunction inside a local success story

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Mission is motivating Compensation is well above market even though expectations are low

Cons

Incredibly bureaucratic throughout IT viewed as overhead/cost center in a technology company; reports to Chief Legal Officer CIO with no vision and frankly, unqualified

3.0
Oct 9, 2012

Bureaucratic and single focus on cost-cutting

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Pros

Global culture, helping support the development of innovative medicines, and raising disease awareness

Cons

Poor executive leadership and accountability...the global culture is based in English and Swedish values and can be frustrating at times.

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