Elanco reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(761 total reviews)
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Jeff Simmons

81% approve of CEO

74% positive business outlook

Elanco has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 761 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Elanco 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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761 reviews
1.0
Jul 16, 2017

Sinking Ship

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- flex schedules for better work/life balance - lots of social activities to participate in - comfortable open work spaces

Cons

- overly bureaucratic - no long term vision, only short term goals - "cost cutting" and layoffs constantly but refuse to give up wasteful spending - unwilling to evolve in changing times - very poor management with virtually no decisions making capacity (all talk but no action)

3.0
Jan 12, 2017

Hunger Games played out in real life

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Growing company (through acquisition rather than organic growth) in a growing industry, animal health, so possibly opportunities for development. Diverse job opportunities: sales and marketing, manufacturing, R&D - something for everybody. Great projects and products.

Cons

Hasn't handled recent large acquisitions well,with seriously negative effects on culture, morale, retention. Despite recent global acquisitions, they remain very US-centric - foreign markets don't get adequate materials or budget to deliver customer needs. They don't "walk the talk" with regards to their corporate values - they say one thing but don't put it into practice. Rolling acquisitions have resulted in rolling retrenchments - poor employment security since 2014. The outlook is for more uncertainty. They handle the retrenchment process poorly. Communication and transparency is appalling. Be warned: you're likely to discover your imminent retrenchment in the industry press rather than from your manager. Very high expectations - the last few years of my job were high stress and long hours for little acknowledgement and inadequate salary.

4.0
Jan 28, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

People, office location, work life balance

Cons

Salary is a bit lower than the market average

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