AstraZeneca reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(7,935 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 7,935 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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2.0
Mar 27, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Good reference for next job, providing great opportunity for learning about innovative pharma, most people are nice. Good access to training, competitive intelligence info, systems, processes, product information, good networking opportunities.

Cons

Slim resources in support functions vs high expectations of what you should deliver, issues with systems and reporting resulting in poor work life balance. Disconnect between instructions, deadlines, always getting everything last minute, with short time to turn things around, while expecting excellence and thoroughly analyzed error free deliverables. There is no option to provide upward feedback and any attempt to resolve issues through HR result in actions which are unfavorable towards person complaining. Compliance standards are high only in procedures and policies, in reality you are criticized or discriminated if you don’t turn the blind eye from time to time.

4.0
Feb 24, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Salary a bit lower than industry, target bonus considerably higher. Very science driven, from the top down. Industry-standard benefits.

Cons

It's a very lean organization: they have exactly the people they need to support the portfolio they have. That means there's very little "slack" for things like personal development (because your manager needs you to keep doing your job). Also, it appears there's a preference in some groups not to promote internal candidates. Long-term effect is that people stay long enough to get good... and then leave because they can't get experience doing anything other than what they were hired to do.

4.0
Feb 9, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You get to work on wide range of activities ranging from health authority queries to signal management to aggregate reports The management is broad minded and in most cases the culture is a reflection of Sweden/UK where the company is based out of They value your inputs and invest well in training and team based activities. Patient safety is one among its five core values and all your work is patient centric.

Cons

The tools they use are outdated. Due to this the burden shifts to the employee to manually manage things on their own. Whether it's project management or data analysis, you have to manage yourself. Not adequate parking facility for the cars in the building where the office is based out of. Due to this they actively encourage carpooling. No cab facility for employees. This will add to the soft costs (travel expenditure). However for levels E and above there is car lease facility.

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