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 improved by 1% over the last 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 (259) , Director (176) , Associate Director (171) , Sales Representative (163) , Scientist (143) , Intern (125) , Project Manager (119) , Business Analyst (95) , Manager (95) , Pharmaceutical Sales Specialist (88) , Medical Science Liaison (MSL) (85) , Consultant (82) , Senior Consultant (80) , Analyst (70) , Engineer (68)

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

"Good benefits through a benefit fund including private healthcare and pension" ((in 751 reviews)); "Great work envirnment and people to work with!" ((in 513 reviews)); "There is a great culture in Canada and globally we have an exciting pipeline of products that is coming" ((in 442 reviews)); "Good pay and ambient good" ((in 308 reviews)); "Salary is good and competive" ((in 285 reviews))

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

"Direct line management was poor in some cases." ((in 233 reviews)); "This leaves lots of employees adrift while the ones lucky enough to have a good manager thrive." ((in 149 reviews)); "Leadership is poor and not direct." ((in 121 reviews)); "slow career progression for entry level employee" ((in 71 reviews)); "long hours.I had always wanted to work here but the reality did not live up to my dream." ((in 48 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.

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AstraZeneca reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(7,935 total reviews)

Pascal Soriot

89% approve of CEO

79% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Compensation and benefits

3.9

Culture & values

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.7

Career opportunities

3.5

Senior management

AstraZeneca has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 7,935 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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Reviews by job title

8K reviews

2.0

Jan 6, 2019

Newark, DE plant is on life supprt

Manufacturing engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Ample parking and friendly security staff. Lot of good people who work there. Their jobs pay rate is top of the scale.

Cons

Lot of MAGA supporters who are not shy in expressing their political views. People there also love their GUNS! This facility in on its last leg. They are no producing new product through here and instead, build a new facility in another state. They already started to sell the rights to their drugs and maybe the plant will officially close in next few years.

1.0

Sep 21, 2018

No professionalism and no respect

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

If you do not mind to be a number and waste company's money and time to please your manager is a good place to stay

Cons

No chance to go anywhere if you are not the favorite one - being a favorite one is not based on competency or professionalism of course! - and if you do not produce expected results

2.0

Sep 11, 2018

Challenging Work Environment

Director

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Fair compensation and fair benefits

Cons

- Constantly shifting priorities while everything is a priority - Global nature of the organization results in constantly receiving and responding emails while some regions seem to have more holidays than others - Support organizations may not be in the same time zone so getting answers to urgent questions have to wait until others are back from holidays or back in the office the next day. - Not easy to transition from one organization to another or one manager to another. You have to have a really good manager or be in a really good organization for this to happen.

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