Does AstraZeneca pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, AstraZeneca employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at AstraZeneca. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at AstraZeneca?

79% of AstraZeneca employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated AstraZeneca 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at AstraZeneca?

Senior Scientist (261) , Director (177) , Associate Director (171) , Sales Representative (164) , Scientist (144) , Intern (125) , Project Manager (119) , Business Analyst (96) , Manager (95) , Pharmaceutical Sales Specialist (88) , Medical Science Liaison (MSL) (85) , Consultant (82) , Senior Consultant (81) , Analyst (70) , Engineer (68)

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

"Benefits are good and a diverse pipeline to work on" ((in 751 reviews)); "Money and people are great" ((in 506 reviews)); "There is a great culture in Canada and globally we have an exciting pipeline of products that is coming" ((in 465 reviews)); "Good pay and ambient good" ((in 304 reviews)); "Salary is good and competive" ((in 264 reviews))

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

"Direct line management was poor in some cases." ((in 237 reviews)); "This leaves lots of employees adrift while the ones lucky enough to have a good manager thrive." ((in 150 reviews)); "Leadership is poor and not direct." ((in 116 reviews)); "slow career progression based on the structure of the company" ((in 70 reviews)); "Not much opportunity to grow , awful upper management" ((in 50 reviews))

What are employees saying about AstraZeneca layoffs in 2026?

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

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AstraZeneca reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(7,952 total reviews)

Pascal Soriot

89% approve of CEO

79% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Compensation and benefits

3.9

Culture & values

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.7

Career opportunities

3.5

Senior management

AstraZeneca has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 7,952 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 Pharmazeutika & Biotechnologie industry (3.5 stars).

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Reviews by job title

8K reviews

2.0

Nov 7, 2017

Expect a flextronics culture

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits, and trying to fill this 5 word box

Cons

Flextronics employees have open door to join this company. Take a read on flextronics reviews and just apply them to AstraZeneca: no work life balance, work during the weekends and very early in the morning So lots of ex flextronics employees work here and apply the same work style.

3.0

Nov 1, 2017

Culture continues to decline

Senior pharmaceuticals sales representative

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good manager, good teammates, good benefits, decent pay, decent PTO, territory size is manageable, company car, cell phone paid, gas, insurance, maintenance all paid for.

Cons

Nearly impossible for salespeople to promote to higher levels within the company (career ladder, oncology, biologics). Company does not value internal promotion whatsoever and they would rather hire externally. Sales goals are nearly impossible to achieve, and sales leadership does not seem to care at all about motivating the sales force. There is next to NO recognition or reward for salespeople. They won’t promote salespeople internally, but the same sales leadership people keep getting promoted, despite them making extremely poor decisions that negatively affect sales. They always blame the salespeople for bad sales but never take any accountability themselves.

1.0

Sep 5, 2017

Stay away

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

There is a free commuter bus to cambridge train station.

Cons

You are micromanaged by managers with very little global pharmaceutical experience. Its a company culture where there is little to none opportunity to be promote and develop your career.

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