Does Takeda Pharmaceuticals pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Takeda Pharmaceuticals employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Takeda Pharmaceuticals. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Takeda Pharmaceuticals?

72% of Takeda Pharmaceuticals employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Takeda Pharmaceuticals 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Takeda Pharmaceuticals?

Sales Representative (121) , Associate Director (109) , Director (101) , Manager (76) , Intern (68) , Project Manager (53) , Estagiário (44) , Senior Sales Representative (44) , Senior Manager (41) , Scientist (40) , Manufacturing Technician (33) , Senior Scientist (32) , Quality Assurance (31) , Engineer (30) , Manufacturing Associate (30)

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

"The benefits were good and reasonably priced." ((in 447 reviews)); "Great culture and dedicated to values" ((in 279 reviews)); "The people at Takeda are generally great and we have always had pretty solid departmental budgets." ((in 268 reviews)); "Work life balance is good" ((in 197 reviews)); "Good company and values and pay" ((in 156 reviews))

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

"The Management is poor and is constantly pushing us for numbers and not caring about the people working getting them those numbers." ((in 167 reviews)); "Poor leadership and managment of employees" ((in 80 reviews)); "Be prepared for frequent layoffs." ((in 66 reviews)); "Poor upper management that micro manages" ((in 46 reviews)); "Long hours and difficult to make changes" ((in 30 reviews))

What are employees saying about Takeda Pharmaceuticals layoffs in 2026?

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

Takeda Pharmaceuticals reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(3,581 total reviews)

Christophe Weber

66% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

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Ratings trend for the last 6 months (3,581 reviews)

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Takeda Pharmaceuticals has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 3,581 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Takeda Pharmaceuticals employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Farmacéutica y biotecnología industry (3.5 stars).

Reviews by job title

4K reviews

4.0

Jul 18, 2010

Great Place to work

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work/life balance generous time off for vacation/sick

Cons

Downsizing has effected morale negativeley but was expected

3.0

Jul 13, 2010

The New Takeda

Senior sales representative

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

overall compensation wasn't changed in recent restructure company is still making an effort to champion its culture the employees are tremendous

Cons

A lucky company whose luck has run out An inability by senior management to "see around corners" An ultra conservative approach by corporate Japan leaves sales stifled, integration messy and vision lacking

4.0

Jul 1, 2010

Great company, but poor pipeline

Statistician

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

fair compensation and bonus rate; flexible work schedule; brand new and high-tech office building; pretty good working enviorament; nice mangers;

Cons

higher management often made unwise decision; poor pipeline; blury future...the company will have tight budget in the next a few years;

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