UK Biobank Reviews

4.4

78% would recommend to a friend

(46 total reviews)
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Professor Sir Rory Collins

97% approve of CEO

95% positive business outlook

UK Biobank has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 46 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The UK Biobank employee rating is 28% above average for employers within the Healthcare industry (3.4 stars).

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46 reviews
1.0
30 Jan 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

-it sounds like an impressive company on a CV to the uninformed

Cons

-toxic bullying culture which HR fully enables -falsification of data -threats made to Staff if they leave bad reviews -staff encouraged to leave positive reviews pretending to be participants -coercion and bullying attitude to staff -reports of sexual harassment against staff ignored by head office

5.0
17 Feb 2025

Good employer

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Hybrid working, family friendly, innovative

Cons

Lots of change, top down communication needs improvement

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UK Biobank Response
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Thank you for taking the taking the time to write a review of your time at UK Biobank, we are certainly glad to see that it was a positive experience for you. We pride ourselves in offering a flexible and people focussed environment. Increasing funding opportunities have allowed us to make significant investments in new systems and process which will benefit us as we grow. The impact of any such changes can be unsettling but we do believe that there will be a great benefit in the long run. I will be sure to raise the points you have made to the Exec team.
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