Great science, great people, little opportunity for development - Principal Scientist AstraZeneca Employee Review

4.0
Feb 24, 2021
Recommend
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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.

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Cons

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Pros

The page is friendly to make an application.

Cons

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