NNE Reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(203 total reviews)

Jesper Kløve

93% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

NNE has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 203 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The NNE employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

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203 reviews
1.0
4 Apr 2018

Mixed bag of confused vision

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Very proud of their (historical) offerings to the industry and their Pharma heritage. They spend lots of time and money to (sometimes unnecessarily) train internally.

Cons

The industry does not want what NNE thinks their differentiation elements are in the USA. Thus NNE does not cultivate clients for the long term. Quality of delivery is inconsistent and in need of proper engineering management. No consistent leadership at the top or middle. Lots of flux and turnover. Long term vision and direction is weak and in flux. Untrustworthy (or Misunderstood) Leadership messaging towards employees.

2.0
6 Apr 2018

Missed the Mark

Recommend
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Pros

-Great 401k -Good pay -Phenomenal teammates on both coasts (only speaking from an automation pov)

Cons

-Company direction shifts yearly causing turmoil and unrest -High turnover of upper management causing turmoil and unrest -Attempting to apply strategy from Dk into USA is clearly missing the mark and has been for years -Terrible method to deal with layoffs -Most likely, the USA division of NNE is doing a multiphased layoff approach to supporting only Novo Nordisk in Clayton which, with the talent they have (or used to have) on the West Coast and New England, is a huge mistake

1.0
17 May 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- You may get to work in Denmark or travel domestically to, Ohio, California, Portland, Rhode Island, Florida, North Carolina etc. - Good internal QMS that helps with executing project consistently and with quality. -Company has ambitious vision and goal to be best in class by 2021. -Focused only on Pharma Engineering. -I've had the pleasure of working with some of the brightest and passionate minds in the industry.

Cons

-People management does not exist in the US, employee's professional development and guidance are extremely lacking. This make moving internally extremely difficult. You pickup whatever you learn on the job/project. -Mentor/Mentee relationships as optional and are not part of company culture. -Senior engineers are resistant to change with company's global strategies and management is failing to address this. -Company does not have a culture that celebrates success. Employees promotions, accomplishment etc. You may go from E1 to E4 and there would be no change in job title. -There is no transparency around bonus pools, it's extremely difficult to gauge how you're performing. Year-end bonus is always a surprise, it shouldn't be. There is no 360 feedback. Peers give each other 4s and 5s out of 5 with no constructive feedback on improvement or development. -Process, Automation, and Facilities work in silos, unless they're lucky to be on a project together. Otherwise only management knows whats going on in these departments. -Half (3 of 6) of senior leadership was fired or left the company in 2017.

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NNE Response
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Thank you for your honest and candid feedback. First of all, we are glad to hear that you enjoyed working with passionate colleagues at NNE and appreciated our vision, focus and strategic goals. However, I am sorry to hear that your experience at NNE was not as positive as it could have been. Employee development is extremely important to us, and we are constantly striving to provide the best development opportunities for our employees at every level of the organization. We’ve also seen that career growth is top of mind for our employees in our latest employee survey, and this is something we take very seriously. We are working hard to further improve both our performance and development processes and our communication about this, internally. You are welcome to send me an email at kmgl@nne.com, if you would like to discuss further. Thanks again.
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