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Flagship Pioneering

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Flagship Pioneering reviews

3.6

67% would recommend to a friend

(105 total reviews)
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Noubar Afeyan

81% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Flagship Pioneering has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 105 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Flagship Pioneering 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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105 reviews
1.0
Aug 24, 2020

Horrible work environment

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Companies are well funded and salary is competitive.

Cons

Company culture is terrible and the people that lead do not have adequate expertise.

5.0
Sep 11, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Flagship Pioneering is different than any other place I have worked. People here have a genuine curiosity for science, as well as incredibly creative style. I am working with the brightest people in the biotech industry (at all levels!. As a result the work here is challenging and the bar for success is high. You are expected to do a lot. With that, you are also given the freedom and even challenged to find solutions to problems that may not even exist yet. While there is no set career progression (you are not going to come in, sit in a role for a couple years then automatically be promoted), there is also no limit to what you can do. There is a lot of work to be don here and as a result you are able to develop your career in many paths. I am involved in many projects outside the scope of my job description and continue to develop in these places.

Cons

There is an incredible distaste for bureaucracy here. Many people at Flagship have left established biotechs/pharmas for this reason. As a result, there aren't defined processes or streamlined systems. This facilitates quick decision-making; however there are times when it is unclear who owns making the decision.

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