Poor management structure and leadership. - Anonymous employee AstraZeneca Employee Review

2.0
26 Nov 2017
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Fantastic company benefits but would rather be happy at a job than have a great pension scheme. Holidays are also decent that’s about it really.

Cons

Appraisal system was used inappropriately to destroy how hard people worked. Building a relationship with the senior team was nothing short of a challenge. Most senior managers and team leaders etc are technically brilliant but lack true leadership skills. To much of us and them attitude etc that lead to low morale and trust issues. Don’t go in with an open mind and think of changing anything you will get shot down fairly quickly, it’s not what you know it’s who you know.

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