Sanofi reviews

4.0

81% would recommend to a friend

(6,557 total reviews)
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Belén Garijo

90% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Sanofi has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 6,557 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Sanofi 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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7K reviews
1.0
Sep 14, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

401k/Pension are great, benefits package is rather good, good amount of vacation and sick time; great opportunity for overtime money for HOURLY employees.

Cons

First off, that benefits package probably will be non-existent in several years, as they are cutting benefits annually now (been there 5 years). Secondly, every review is spot on regarding the treatment of people. Management lies to your face, makes decisions last minute, and there is simply no possibility of actual "promotion." In manufacturing if not elsewhere, a promotion is literally referred to as a raise, as your job functions never change. There is slight actual promotion once you are salary (meaning no overtime pay), but you will literally sacrifice you life for that (I know managers who bring their laptops home and work all night). Thus the actual smart workers are the one who dog it, as opposed to those work tirelessly for no recognition, from verbal onwards. One thing yet to be mentioned is the sheer lack of confidence management has in their workers, It is a well-known inside joke that when the FDA comes through, they pull all their people of the floor. You do not need to know the FDA is around for inspection, you need only look into the eyes of management and see the fear. Whether that means they lack confidence in their people, themselves or worse if for you to decide.

2.0
Aug 26, 2010

No Room for Advancement

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The benefits are great. Pension and 401k can't be beat. Good amount of vacation time.

Cons

Temps and contractors get many jobs full timers want. Can't escape manufacturing, once there, no hope of getting out. Manufacturing work environment is poor. Education means nothing here. I have a Master's degree and have answered to superiors with little or no post high school education and also many times less experience. Also the internal promotions are a joke compared to what they pay outside candidates.

3.0
Sep 10, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Genzyme is currently expanding the facility and is hiring more employees which cannot be said for many companies. However we are in the booming biotechnology age and even in harsh economic times big pharma and medical device companies will continue to prosper.

Cons

Genzyme went from winning awards for being a great place to work to, in my opinion, becoming a very unpleasant place to work. The hours are very long, all the time, and there are extended periods of time for some groups where the hours are so incredibly long, there is absolutely no time for anything else except work, food, and a little bit of sleep.

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