Good place to work in IT if disorganised - Architect Astellas Employee Review

4.0
Aug 16, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Company is growing so money is available. Great building, pay in IT is competitive. Some good people in IT and elsewhere

Cons

Outsource partners (especially IBM) poor. IT management a bit top heavy with too many people trying to define strategy - having Business Information Managers is a very outdated model and in conflict with the modern Enterprise Architecture Approach. Affiliates across Europe are quite ill disciplined and allow to do what they want. Compliance is old fashioned requiring wet signatures on all IT project documentation. Business expectations not managed well - business tends to get what it wants, especially if influenced by crony specialist suppliers or digital agencies selling snake oil.

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Various opportunities to develop and grow your skills, experiences and communication.

Cons

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