AstraZeneca reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(7,934 total reviews)
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Pascal Soriot

89% approve of CEO

79% positive business outlook

AstraZeneca has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 7,934 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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1.0
Oct 29, 2012

Disappointed

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Pros

NONE that I can think of at this moment

Cons

This company has utter disrespect for employee safety, especially during Hurricane Sandy. This storm is described as "unprecedented," "catastrophic," "deadly," etc. MD and DC are under states of emergencies and local and government officials are warning residents not to travel unless absolutely necessary. All schools, local and FEDERAL governments are closed. Metro and bus service is suspended. Yet MedImmune remains open. We must use vacation if we do not travel to work in these potentially dangerous conditions and wind gusts. Money, not safety, is their top priority. In 2011, when the DC area was hit by a 5.8 earthquake, MedImmune employees were told, "For future reference, and unless otherwise notified by EHS Personnel, employees should not evacuate their buildings." We were told to keep working, while government was encouraging employees to evacuate and stay safe. In a recent employee satisfaction survey, employee engagement has significantly dropped. MedImmune needs to take these results seriously and realise that employees are not satisfied with the leadership running this organisation and the poor descions being made. I have never worked at an establishment where my safety was put into jeopardy for their financial gain. Working from home is not an option for those of us in R&D Lastly, I'd like to state that the employee emergency hotline has yet to be updated today, when our state is under an emergency declaration. I have to leave my children home alone and travel to work, where absolutely nothing will get done today. The complete lack of leadership at this organisation in making this judgement call is staggeringly disappointing

2.0
Oct 30, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

-access to Washington -Nice facilities -work at home opportunities

Cons

-disfunctional medical and clinical department -Weak leadership not respected -entry level employees receive little direction -management not held accountable -Really bad management hires -Ineffective leadership unable to get things done -Overworked and inexperienced people running projects -Nothing done about results of annual employee survey -Favoritism rampant

2.0
Sep 3, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

- Generous benefits - Annual bonus (based on company performance) - Good relocation benefits if moving > 50 miles from original residence - Generally good support for obtaining needed resources - Moderately good compensation (caveat: the DC metro is a very expensive cost-of-living area, so money doesn't go very far)

Cons

- WORST biotech in terms of promotion of non-PhDs to scientist-level positions, regardless of success, years of experiences, or contributions - Career stagnation - Poor and inexperienced middle-managers, put in place because of who they know or the degree they have, not because of their managerial competence - Rigid, multi-layered, and top-heavy hierarchy - Frustrating IT support - Creativity is not encouraged and can be held against you - Wasteful with purchases (discarding a piece of equipment in the name of "organization" only to re-purchase the same equipment a month later) - A lot of talk but not much action or follow-through

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