Director - Anonymous employee AstraZeneca Employee Review

1.0
13 May 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Compensation and benefits are good.

Cons

This company is sinking fast. They employ and promote the incompetent and ignore anyone who wants to make improvements or even suggests that something could be done more efficiently or more streamlined. Everything takes 10 times longer than it needs to due to restrictive, antiquated policies and constant turn-over and re-creating the wheel. They have no concept of what it really is like to care for patients and do not utilize the expertise of either external or internal collaborators. The culture is not at all nurturing and is down right adversarial and punitive to those who are new and not part of the dead wood that continues to implement non-sensical restrictions through repeated useless meetings that go nowhere except backwards. Stay away from this company.

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Pros

I imagine this is very dependent on line management but I find my team and supervisors to be true champions of a high performing and highly compassionate work culture. I find my work challenging and rewarding, and have had opportunities to learn and grow and be rewarded and recognized for my output. No job is perfect but I’m truly happy to work here and at a time when AZ is truly rising like a rocket.

Cons

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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