AstraZeneca reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(7,923 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 7,923 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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4.0
Aug 26, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

- Brilliant colleagues (who became good friends!). - Exciting science and use of cutting edge technologies. - Good salary and package benefits when compared to other biotech/pharma companies in the Cambridge UK area.

Cons

I worked for this company for almost 6 years. The company I joined was not the company I left, unfortunately: - The environment was becoming toxic, with poor management and lack of personal development opportunities (at least in the Department I was part of). - Despite having courses and trainings available to all employees, we were not given any time to complete them. - Workload could be massive sometimes. - HR return to the office rules, and implanting ways to track the employees… If they want everyone in the office every day, they could at least make sure that there is enough desk and parking space for everyone. Because that’s definitely not the case, and having people working on the bar or in the kitchen area due to lack of space is ridiculous.

1.0
May 31, 2025

Toxic culture racism

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

They are very bold with their toxic culture.

Cons

Micromanage. Bullies. Racism. Toxic management. Hire unfit managers.

2.0
Mar 4, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Modern work environment, fairly competitive salaries,

Cons

Terrible leadership and messaging in PMB and SET; they’re disconnected from the reality of daily work pressures. Some of the worst leadership messaging I have heard across 4 major Pharma companies in 25+ years - zero prospects in the UK for the foreseeable future. Little or no investment in people. The old school aggressive management style of ‘if you don’t like it leave’ doesn’t work; moral and motivation at a low - Talent is being let go due to failures by senior leadership to invest in people and past poorly managed over recruitment. AZ UK is about to fall off a cliff as soon as any local competitor opens recruitment. To focused on green-washing.

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