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Takeda Pharmaceuticals

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Takeda Pharmaceuticals reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(3,579 total reviews)
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Christophe Weber

66% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Takeda Pharmaceuticals has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 3,579 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Takeda Pharmaceuticals 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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4K reviews
1.0
Sep 10, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The parking lot is amazing. Since the parking lot bears little to no weight outside the hours of 9 am to 4 pm, the concrete and black top stay in amazing condition. No stress cracks or other signs of wear. The State Department of Transportation should use Takeda's parking lot as the baseline in their studies of vehicle weight impacts to highways and other roadways. The pond is not overcrowded with watercraft. Very easy to step away from your desk, take your personal watercraft out to the pond, and find a relaxing spot to sunbathe, read, or do something else to pass the day before you head home.

Cons

Co-workers never answer questions, they point the finger at someone else to answer. Co-workers never provide any requested items, they point the finger at someone else to provide. Co-workers outsource their responsibilities to a vendor/supplier and act like they do the work, creating an unneeded middle person in the process to get something done. No process or activity is allowed to change. Making recommendations to change a process or activity is frowned upon. Leaving your car on the parking lot after 4 pm is frowned upon, as the parking lots shift ends at 4 pm. Getting promoted is all about nepotism. Great performers are passed over for poor performers because the only thing that matters for promotions and performance ratings is nepotism. Social Security will be doubling each Takeda employee's retirement welfare payments. Social Security is in fiscal trouble and employees of Takeda don't deserve any Social Security benefits as a Takeda paycheck is welfare since no one does any work.

2.0
Oct 23, 2019

Not great

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There were some great people. Old Takeda was a great place to work, great benefits, flexibility, nice office space, good cafeteria. I think they had a great model that worked for their size and company demographic before Shire. Maybe in a year once things settle it will be a great place to work again.

Cons

Once Takeda bought Shire it was very clear leadership was not being thoughtful in the decisions they were making but just throwing out whatever they thought would please 1 or 2 business leaders. The problem is you are too big, complex and diverse now to just please 1 or 2 businesses. Leaders never took the time to understand what they bought. Shire who had just gone through this 2 years ago was completely ignored, there was no partnering, leadership stopped communicating, horrible change management, wasted time repeating information. Leaders seemed to not care as I suspect many of them will not be with this company within 6 mths and very few were willing to step up and be leaders (go against the grain when they knew it wasn't in the best interest of the entire company). A company that is 1/3 the size of the company they just purchased (in US) that made very few changes over the past 15 years is just not equipped to rush in massive changes. Trying to run the US business with the same model as other countries is not going to be successful for the new size/demographic of this company. Some really great, experienced people left the organization which speaks volumes. A huge red flag when you are asking why and how and are just being told superficial responses that show zero understanding of the actual process or that there is any actual thoughtful reason behind the decisions being made. Everything was just at the surface level. Presentations to leadership were skewed and lacked critical information, again surface deep.

2.0
Mar 27, 2019

Very political with fake culture

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Used to be innovative and fun workplace

Cons

Even if your mid level management boss thinks something is a good idea, it might be shot down later by their bosses boss... young brown nosing folks with no experience get to run the show , no innovation anymore unless it’s brought in from outside

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