For a Pharma company doesn't care about health of employees - Anonymous employee AstraZeneca Employee Review

1.0
Dec 19, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of job opportunities as there seems to be high turnover. Big Pharma so some people are able to hide and get away without doing anything as I've seen first hand.

Cons

The worst company I've ever worked at, they are so disorganized and some people have no idea what they are doing. Talking to Hr is a joke as they are part of the problem. They do not care about employees and in fact encourage people to leave. They think people should be lined up to join their company. They don't have a strong pipeline as some of the drugs they were counting on have not panned out the way they wanted. They know how to spin stories to their advantage. I would never recommend this company to anyone knowing what I know now. I should have trusted my gut before joining this company.

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Pros

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Cons

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