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West Pharmaceutical Services

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West Pharmaceutical Services reviews

3.6

63% would recommend to a friend

(785 total reviews)
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Eric M. Green

73% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

West Pharmaceutical Services has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 785 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The West Pharmaceutical Services employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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785 reviews
2.0
Jun 6, 2013

very high expectation but low pay

Anonymous employee
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Pros

people are friendly, facility is new and nice.

Cons

-high and unrealistic expectations, with big pharma expectation on employee but pay much less. -working hard or put extra effort is your job, won't get you anywhere, except your boss likes you. -the managements think people from outside are always better than people there, they rather hire someone else than promote people within, not recommend someone who wants to have a stable (growing) career.

2.0
Mar 22, 2013
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Pros

Compensation in line with regional medical devices and medical services companies.

Cons

It's a fact that West Pharmaceutical has had regular layoffs so if career stability is a concern, be careful. Management uses layoffs often to increase share price, which has worked. But it has left hundreds of hard working employees out of a job. May be suitable if you're only looking for a short term position.

3.0
Feb 14, 2013

Expected to do above and beyond.... but you get nothing...

Anonymous employee
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Pros

15 Years plus... Not bad time off.

Cons

Pay is VERY low for a "Pharmaceutical" company. If you step in to fill a position that has "opened up" and you will be expected to continue to do this job, and your current. The more you do, the more they want from you at all times. At one point, I was covering more then 4 different job titles, and after doing it for more then 6 months, I asked for a raise and they said no. Other employees skate by with doing very little and they are not asked to do anymore because they are not as "competent" according to management. Plant/employees suffer due to lack of good management.

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