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?

73% 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 464 reviews)); "Great culture and place to work!" ((in 281 reviews)); "The people at Takeda are generally great and we have always had pretty solid departmental budgets." ((in 271 reviews)); "Work life balance is good" ((in 199 reviews)); "Good company and values and pay" ((in 151 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 166 reviews)); "Layoffs are frequent" ((in 61 reviews)); "Poor upper management that micro manages" ((in 48 reviews)); "Very obvious favoritism within departments." ((in 31 reviews)); "Long hours and difficult to make changes" ((in 29 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

73% would recommend to a friend

(3,578 total reviews)

Christophe Weber

66% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

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Takeda Pharmaceuticals has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 3,578 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

3.0

Jan 6, 2026

Underpaid and

Engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Friendly culture and site is full to subject matter experts. Great place to begin career, not to stay. Promotion of cross-department training and lateral career moves.

Cons

Organization structure does not promote upward movement

2.0

Jan 2, 2026

Poor

Credit analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits and good hours

Cons

Management is terrible and preferential treatment

3.0

Jan 1, 2026

Probably the best company in the Area

Manufacturing supervisor

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits - The best around. So many benefits are available day one. Schedule - 2/2/3 is very flexible Pay - No one pays like Takeda in the area. Not to mention the bonuses can be pretty good.

Cons

Benefits - With benefits being so good, so many people take ill advantage of them and ruin them for the people that actually need them. HR Policies - very liberal policies. HR doesn’t really care about the people. Culture - Dayshift culture versus night shift culture is literally night and day. Dayshift is nothing but politics, while night shift is dramatic but more realistic. Pay - The pay is good but not what it should be. People are struggling and global HR doesn’t care.

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