AstraZeneca reviews

An incestuous, overly political, extremely poor management team: The department is run by people who don't know what they are doing. Everyone is basically technicians. Majority of them are not professional, have limited management skills and are not even educated with the proper degree for their positions. They repeatedly demonstrate some of the most childish behavior I've ever witnessed it my career. I've never seen a leadership more capable of setting people up for failure, and then blame them for it when they do. They drag you around until you either break or you leave the company. The department is in constant chaos and they continue to re-org with very little benefit it seems. There is no career development whatsoever and there is favoritism abound. Advancement is not based on tenure, education, or experience; it is by who you can get close to. Management makes promises and rarely provides closure. They say engagement is "critical" but do not support individual participation nor do managers encourage inclusion on the annual review process.

African Americans are used as tokens throughout the organization and are not given meaningful opportunities for visibility, promotions, and leadership. The environment at AZ can be cutthroat in general with others willingly throwing you under the bus, but with AAs - it's magnified because we are low hanging fruit, and others willingly accept a narrative that you are inferior and will use that to hold you back. You will constantly feel uncomfortable and excluded at AZ - this is both with respect to US and global teams in Gaithersburg, Wilmington, Cambridge, and other locations as I have worked across teams and offices. Diversity efforts are for show only and are largely focused on promoting caucasian women and checking the box on addressing diversity. You will not see any other AAs in leadership positions or even above a Director level. As I now am with another organization, while there is work to be done by everyone, there is a STARK difference in how my new organization treats AAs as compared to AstraZeneca I can't recommend AZ to another AA unless there is a major culture shift within the company.