Blame Culture, managers encourage you to NOT give bad news - Anonymous employee AstraZeneca Employee Review

1.0
Dec 7, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

This is going to be hard, hmmmm. Some of the people are ok.

Cons

AZ, what a shame. This place is blame central. Managers and Directors protecting their own roles by not wanting to give bad news that their reports tell them about and then they blame them when things go wrong. Pretty horrendous place to work if you are not a Scientist. Absolute obsession with outsourcing everything or in case of IT sending it to India, where they employee 5 times the people at less cost but get half the competence, such a bad model. AZ trying to put a shine on everything with their new HQ in cambridge which is quickly turning into a lavish money pit and no doubt the CEO's foley.

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Like any massive global corporate entity, things can sometimes move slowly and it can be challenging to navigate a high number of constantly evolving priorities and initiatives. That being said, AZ is very clear about its north stars and values which makes it possible to prioritize work that has the most impact and alignment with the company’s ambition and business prerogatives. 60% office attendance policy is also a bit funny when oftentimes I am on Teams calls with colleagues sitting in other areas of the world.

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