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      AstraZeneca reviews

      4.0

      79% would recommend to a friend

      (7,943 total reviews)
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      Pascal Soriot

      89% approve of CEO

      79% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.1

      Compensation and benefits

      3.9

      Culture & values

      3.8

      Work/Life balance

      3.7

      Career opportunities

      3.5

      Senior management

      AstraZeneca has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 7,943 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
      Jul 12, 2012

      Poor management, limited career opportunities, constant laid-offs...

      Scientific
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Nice office buildings where almost everyone provided own room. Good gym and cantine, library with fresh scientific magazines.

      Cons

      Interpersonal relations are quite bad, bullying managers, racial discrimination. Monthly performance reviews are connected to the bonus system, and maybe this explains why they are so harsh. At the same time systematic soldiering of your collegues, poor collaboration, bad planning, lack of support dont leave you any chance to move forward. Fear of loosing jobs and risk of mobbing, might have increased due to recent laid offs.

      1.0
      Jul 11, 2012

      WORST EMPLOYER HAVE EVER WORKED FOR

      Scientist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      good salary,nice canteen, easy parking

      Cons

      No manager support No HR support Totally unworkable appraisal system Managers are on the whole Micro managers Bullying and harassment are rife

      2.0
      Jul 9, 2012

      Used to be good but going downhill fast

      Senior research scientist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The company goes to a lot of effort to be sure that the salary's are competitive.

      Cons

      The pipeline hasn't delivered and in-licensing has failed to fill the gap. None of that is a secret. It is the reason that the company is trading at $40-45 a share and not $60 a share. As a result, AstraZeneca is contracting. It used to be a very good place to work, but now there are literally 1000s of people laid off every year. In spite of the layoffs there are actually job openings because individuals who weren't laid off are job hunting and leaving AstraZeneca. Work life balance is suffering as additional work is piled on the few that remain. Even worse the internal culture is poisoned by the constant blame game between groups and individuals trying to blame each other for the company's failure in the process of trying to avoid being one of the individuals laid off themselves. Senior leaders are throwing their reports to the wolves to preserve themselves. The management can't figure out how to save the company and keeps changing their minds and thus has become inconsistent and unpredictable. It's all such a shame because just a short time ago it was a great company that I would have strongly recommended as a wonderful place to work.

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