Daiichi Sankyo reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(635 total reviews)

Sunao Manabe

92% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

Daiichi Sankyo has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 635 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Daiichi Sankyo 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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635 reviews
3.0
Feb 25, 2015

Wearing many hats

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Pros

Colleagues are friendly. Certainly not an antagonistic environment. Great benefits and PTO packages. Convenient location (to highways, airports, etc.) I enjoyed a lot of autonomy and was empowered to make decisions and take risks. Smaller company environment with plenty of opportunities to get to know many people in the organization.

Cons

Senior leadership in the commercial organization was mostly absent, or when present, non-engaged. Engagement was sparked by attention from even higher management. When the perceived "risk" was high, decisions were often made in very closed (and often uninformed) pockets. The perception is that there is an inability to make tough decisions and an intense fear of taking risks...which is only exacerbated by Japanese leadership. Hopefully new president and associated colleagues that he is bringing from previous companies will be able to make headway in changing this dynamic.

3.0
Feb 24, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Strong culture from early days still exists but not to the degree it did in earlier years. New CEO and VP sales may have what it takes to turn the company around. Japanese mother company has big interest in US success.

Cons

Too many old (not age, just tenure) senior level people at the top. They don't have the experience needed to change the organization or the trust needed either. Very competitive market for their new product with a poor pipeline. They have talked about acquisition for many years with no result.

3.0
Feb 23, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Great pipeline of products. They are a mid size company where you are able to take a leadership role in your territory to further your career potential.

Cons

Like other Pharma companies realignments are inevitable but they are not always thought through to the level of impact it will have to not only you but the physicians as well.

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