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 been stable over the past 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 (262) , Director (180) , Associate Director (171) , Sales Representative (164) , Scientist (144) , Intern (125) , Project Manager (119) , Business Analyst (96) , Manager (96) , Pharmaceutical Sales Specialist (88) , Medical Science Liaison (MSL) (85) , Consultant (82) , Senior Consultant (82) , Analyst (70) , Engineer (68)

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

"Benefits are good and if manager is behind you then it’s ok" ((in 782 reviews)); "Great work envirnment and people to work with!" ((in 530 reviews)); "There is a great culture in Canada and globally we have an exciting pipeline of products that is coming" ((in 469 reviews)); "Good pay and treated great" ((in 288 reviews)); "Good salaries and lot of stability" ((in 269 reviews))

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

"Direct line management was poor in some cases." ((in 231 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 119 reviews)); "slow career progression based on the structure of the company" ((in 62 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.

AstraZeneca reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(7,967 total reviews)

Pascal Soriot

89% approve of CEO

79% positive business outlook

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AstraZeneca has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 7,967 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).

Reviews by job title

8K reviews

3.0

Oct 11, 2024

Toxic Culture

Director

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Cutting edge science and data

Cons

Difficult culture, low work life balance

2.0

Oct 8, 2024

Can be made to be a fall guy

Operations technician

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Pay, time off, pension, and bonus

Cons

If you are not liked by your line manager, you will be blamed for everything and used as a fall guy for everything that goes wrong on the line. Your bonus will be ripped from you and you will be disciplined over things that others get away with and flaunt daily. Mental health and long term sickness is pretended to be cared about, but if you have either of these, they will find irrelevant and non related issues to push you out. You must be an emotionless robot that has a face that fits. They advertise the job to have sick pay, but if you are off more than twice, even if you have a long term illness, you will be punished and sanctioned. This again results in loss of bonus and disciplinary action, ultimately leading to your sacking

3.0

Sep 25, 2024

unstable working enviornment

Medical sales

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Nice salary package only when you meet the insane level of target

Cons

Very frequent restructure (almost every quarter), makes a unstable working enviornment and increases workload

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Toxic Culture

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unstable working enviornment

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