Does AstraZeneca pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, AstraZeneca employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at AstraZeneca. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at AstraZeneca?

79% of AstraZeneca employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated AstraZeneca 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at AstraZeneca?

Senior Scientist (258) , Director (176) , Associate Director (171) , Sales Representative (163) , Scientist (143) , Intern (125) , Project Manager (119) , Business Analyst (95) , Manager (95) , Pharmaceutical Sales Specialist (88) , Medical Science Liaison (MSL) (85) , Consultant (82) , Senior Consultant (80) , Analyst (70) , Engineer (68)

What are the pros of working at AstraZeneca according to real employee reviews?

"Benefits are good and a diverse pipeline to work on" ((in 733 reviews)); "Good work life balance and working hours are flexible" ((in 632 reviews)); "Money and people are great" ((in 518 reviews)); "There is a great culture in Canada and globally we have an exciting pipeline of products that is coming" ((in 455 reviews)); "Good pay and ambient good" ((in 292 reviews))

What are the cons of working at AstraZeneca according to real employee reviews?

"Direct line management was poor in some cases." ((in 236 reviews)); "This leaves lots of employees adrift while the ones lucky enough to have a good manager thrive." ((in 142 reviews)); "Leadership is poor and not direct." ((in 121 reviews)); "slow career progression for entry level employee" ((in 60 reviews)); "Unfair and Biased upper management" ((in 49 reviews))

What are employees saying about AstraZeneca layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about AstraZeneca layoffs and their outlook for job security at AstraZeneca in 2026.

What are the top reviewed AstraZeneca locations?

Buenos Aires , Haedo , Astica , Córdoba

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AstraZeneca reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(7,933 total reviews)

Pascal Soriot

89% approve of CEO

79% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Compensation and benefits

3.9

Culture & values

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.7

Career opportunities

3.5

Senior management

AstraZeneca has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 7,933 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The AstraZeneca employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Farmacéutica y biotecnología industry (3.5 stars).

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Reviews by job title

8K reviews

3.0

Aug 15, 2017

After two years of full time service felt had a fading view on AZ

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Food and Cab. Direct talks with management. Leave and allowance are good.

Cons

Initially started as a product company but later faded into a typical service based company. No proper process in the HR system in chennai after two years also. OSM's are recruited from service based company which is eventually spolining the essence of AZ as they always think about cost cutting and doesnt care about employee benifts, which affects the overall productivity. OSM's working on behalf of UK counter parts as they are not allowed to think far than that. Intially there were lots of gifts but later turned into a service based company with no gifts.

2.0

Jun 24, 2017

Associate

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Big company, good benefits

Cons

Work and life not balanced in some departments. Not all but some managers are very rude and immature. Can read most employees faces how stressful they are without talking. The worst place to work.

1.0

Mar 8, 2017

Arbitrary performance review system!!!!

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

> good science in some departments > free food & drinks on TGIF > nice building

Cons

> HR is overwhelmingly poor > performance rating system is time consuming and arbitrary > IT is clunky > a lot of pressure > little rewards for hard work > bistro is horrible > too many unnecessary meetings (every manager thinks his meeting is the most important meeting in the world) > lots of staff losses (e.g high turnover)

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