AstraZeneca reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(7,918 total reviews)
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Pascal Soriot

89% approve of CEO

79% positive business outlook

AstraZeneca has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 7,918 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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1.0
Mar 16, 2024
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Pros

Competitive salaries and benefits . Some genuinely talented people and many colleagues passionate about doing their best for patients .

Cons

1. Tracked office attendance policy 3 days a week with threat of lost bonus or disciplinary. Introduced in uk in January after communication just before Christmas. 2. HR are just yes people with no autonomy and appear to believe they are above UK employment law.All decisions dictated by SET , even very senior managers appear powerless to influence decisions that affect their teams . 3. Flexible working agreements are usually denied despite clear business benefits and approved by line managers. 4. Lack of office space , specifically and Cambridge .This means that every day many employees do not have a desk , parking or access to quiet space to actually do their job . Leading to stress, anxiety and back and neck problems from having to use cafe area as an office .Clear breach of health and safety guidelines . 5. Occupational health have been advised that there has to be a clinical reason to grant home working , even employees with serious ongoing health issues are struggling to secure flexibility with the ‘office attendance policy’. 6. Company values are not adhered to , patient focused companies would care about staff wellbeing- they don’t . And as for a ‘ speak up’ culture , if you speak up no one is listening. 7. Zero carbon policy is an interesting one when forcing commute for no reasons . Global colleagues not able to travel to in person important meetings but senior executives appear to be exempt from this .

2.0
Feb 8, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Good pay & benefits - aligned with other south-east of England based big pharmas for benefits, higher salaries than GSK for example

Cons

Values look great on paper - less so in practice Speak up culture in theory but beware if you do Treat their employees like children - no trust, little transparency in comms, etc. Office attendance monitoring is ridiculous - the sites are already over capacity and this is exacerbating every single issue like commuting, finding a desk, noise, basic amentities Senior leaders can do what they want without any consequences, employees cannot. No one is willing to have the uncomfortable conversations - ignore it and it might go away tactic.

2.0
Mar 6, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Salary package and benefits are great

Cons

Company culture is really negative. 1) Office attendance is individually tracked and is used for determining reward decisions (including bonus) and disciplinary corrective purposes. If you are a people manager, the attendance of your line reports may impact your bonus or result in disciplinary action if you have not actively managed your line reports in line with office attendance expectations. This is applicable only to UK, Sweden and US employees (all other markets do not have these rules!) and it does not matter if you do not have any team to meet face to face in the office. Most of people in Cambridge actually spend their days in the office (where there are not enough meeting rooms or quiet spaces) connected to Virtual calls. 2) There is no transparency. Employees are treated like kids. 3) Hiring process for internal roles is incredibly unprofessional with hiring managers ghosting the candidates and starting the hiring process before being sure what they were actually looking for.

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