AstraZeneca reviews

Poor, weak & incompetent management right the way through. Undervalue and Overwork staff until they burn out. Huge competition between US and UK sites, leading to political situations which more often than not end up in doubled workload for the actual people in the lab. Horrific appraisal system, which is overhauled almost every year to no avail. All managers are strongly encouraged to give their staff a rating of 3 (on a scale of 1-5) which causes uproar at time of remuneration as practically everyone is worked to the bone and pushing themselves to the absolute limit. A lot of people are looking to move to other companies, many people are unhappy, extremely low morale in the Cambridge site.

Good people working themselves into the ground under constant pressure to satisfy the demands of executive management who have no idea how to run a development organization. Culture of fear, with no consistency in what is expected and how to demonstrate good performance. Performance evaluations are an exercise in punishment.