Good products that will never get to market because of incompetent executive management - Professional In Clinical Organization AstraZeneca Employee Review

1.0
May 20, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Good pay and decent benefits, one of few pharma employers in the DC area; good facilities (cafeteria and gym); flexible scheduling if your manager allows this

Cons

Good people working themselves into the ground under constant pressure to satisfy the demands of executive management who have no idea how to run a development organization. Culture of fear, with no consistency in what is expected and how to demonstrate good performance. Performance evaluations are an exercise in punishment.

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Cons

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Pros

The page is friendly to make an application.

Cons

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