Motivated colleagues hindered by bloated bureaucracy - Director, Project Management AstraZeneca Employee Review

ETS (Enterprise Tech Service) is a peculiar beast. They hold the keys to all technical decision-making, yet the organization is bloated, painfully slow to act, and drowning in bureaucracy. Every technical solution is massively overengineered, infrastructure costs are consistently the highest across the board, and delivery timelines are absurdly slow. They're constantly criticized, but credit where it's due — their upward management game is impeccable, and leadership somehow remains untouchable.