Unorganized, really shady practices in the name of science - Senior Specialist Moderna Employee Review

1.0
May 9, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits are great, smart people and amazing science

Cons

Zero communication from management. You will find out information that affects your group from other departments. Lack of diversity in management positions. People of colour rarely get opportunities for development, growth and promotions their non people of colour coworkers get. Lack of diversity, in that Management will promote the people they like who are just like them so management is filled with the same type of people, same personalities, same way of thinking. All the constant reorganizations are so the same people can be promoted over and over again up the ladder. No work life balance. The employees getting the work done are the same ones not getting promotion opportunities. If you're a person of colour looking for growth avoid this company. You will work and work and management will keep making excuses and coming up with random reasons for why you don't deserve a promotion.

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Moderna Response
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Moderna is committed to recruiting the best talent from around the world. As of September 2022, 50% of Moderna employees are women, including 41% of leaders at the Vice President level or above. 41% of Moderna's U.S. employees identify as racially or ethnically diverse. Moderna knows that our strength comes from our diversity, and the Company is committed to building a culture of inclusion and belonging for all. Given the concerns raised in your post, we urge you to reach out to your HR business partner to provide more detail or, should you wish to remain anonymous, to Moderna’s Speak Up hotline - https://moderna.whispli.com/compliancehotline. Thank you again for sharing your feedback.

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