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Chugai Pharmaceutical

Part of Roche

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Chugai Pharmaceutical reviews

3.6

36% would recommend to a friend

(87 total reviews)

Osamu Nagayama

80% approve of CEO

32% positive business outlook

Chugai Pharmaceutical has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 87 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Chugai Pharmaceutical 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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87 reviews
2.0
Sep 26, 2025

Sisyphus

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Generous with benefits Flexi work arrangements They accept you without prior industrial work experience Can learn how the pharmaceutical industry work Developed the first global antibody drug discovered in Singapore Good technologies. Many talented and kind colleagues in the company

Cons

Talented and kind colleagues may be despondent. No matter what you do or how hard you work, it never feels good enough. Salary too low, progression is too slow, expectations/reponsibilities too high. Lack of motivation probably stemming from lack of confidence in directions. Hard to find a good role model or someone in the next level that inspire you. That person may be good, but may not be happy, hence you don’t want to be in their position. Poor company culture

3.0
Aug 21, 2025

The support for freshmen

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The office was clean. The location is Chuo city at Tokyo. It’s in center of Tokyo so access is good if you live in City center. Frequent training for freshmen. If you’re promoted, you can get trainings for the new position too. Paid holidays are 18days. The company actively pushes to take it without leaving.

Cons

It’s hard if you haven’t experienced Japanese company culture. The company has partnerships with Roche from Switzerland. But not so many officers exchanged. The company’s main statements are “Innovation” and “Diverse”. But I don’t think Diversion is done in elderly officers. The decision system is top down. I couldn’t be fit in.

5.0
Jun 2, 2025

Better than I expected

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good company to work in.

Cons

Sure, every company has some cons. But overall still good.

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