AstraZeneca Employee Reviews about "salary"

Cons

Salary at AstraZeneca APBS is not very high and the annual increment is also not much. The annual bonus is also more heavily dependent on the company's global profit and not so much on your own work performance. This is not so much the fault of the company but more on the nature of accounting, but in the RTR department you need to be prepared to work overtime a lot during the month end closing. There are some nights where it's not surprising to work until 12 midnight (or more).

Cons

Benefit are slowly and surely withdrawn/cut. But still the best around when you compared to other Shared Service Centre (SSC) industries. Managers can be too up tight about everything and new joiners can expect little hints "micro-managing" from the higher ups.

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Salary is very bad versus other multinational companies after inflation even if the car is company owned

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Promotion opportunities are non existent and are given to people who promote themselves rather than the most high achieving scientists that produce credible achievements for projects and the company. Salaries are much lower than other companies and are more in line with those in academia. New people to the company end up starting on more money than those that have worked there years. Severe lack of clear communication from senior management regarding big changes to the company and lack of support from HR. Motivated scientists end up leaving the company due to lack of recognition of hard work. Due to cost savings no international travel is permitted in some working areas. Constantly having to find ways to save money which often comes as a consequence for scientists, but managers are still able to travel. Low morale across the company due to lack of leadership in some areas. Flexible working, holidays, opportunities are all dependent on manager and not all managers are fair managers.

Cons

Too many to mention but here's a short list (in no particular order): Senior leaders have managed to create a fear culture that permeates most of the company. You can see this most in governance interactions, which are more like a Victorian schoolroom rather than an environment where all viewpoints are valued. The AZ values are quite a decent framework of behaviour that all employees should follow. Unfortunately these values seem to be for underlings only, don't expect them to be displayed by senior leaders in the majority of cases. Workload in many functions is quite frankly ridiculous. If you don't work on evenings and weekends you apparently aren't performing your role effectively. I've worked for many companies over two decades and I have to say that the frequency of individuals with massive egos is by far the most I've seen. This makes doing your day job all that more difficult. To be fair there are some great people too (all suffering). ZERO pension contributions from the company (you have to contribute it all yourself). Bonus is calculated on a lower 'base salary' value and not on what you would consider your normal salary. Performance review process is onerous and it can and will be used to unfairly beat you with by certain managers (usually those with the massive egos). Turnover of staff is unmanageable, the 'revolving door' just won't stop. This adds to workload, reduces project knowledge and makes resourcing almost impossible. The lack of process is astonishing. Good if you are a free thinking spirit who likes to make it up as you go along but bad if you need to learn the job and work in a highly regulated environment.

Cons

Not too many promotion opportunities, unless you are in the right position and at the right time. Not work-life balance

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No career growth. Only support work. You will get bored if you work more than 1 year in this company. Most managers are dumb who doesn't know anything about technology. If you have less than 10 yrs of experience, please don't join the company. The company will make you lazy and makes you to forget all the tech skills you have learned in your career. Chennai management is a complete failure. Too much politics.

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Growth in QA is slow

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Average immediate compensation with salaries that never beat industry averages and bonus targets that seem to regularly find ways to pay reps less each year.

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HR support in India one of the worst. Employee salary components are decided by the whims and fancy of local HR (Bangalore). I was in a global role based out in Bangalore and the support was pathetic. Even though I resigned in October, they didnt think it was apt to pay my bonus. The worst part is that they decided this and at no point of time the employee was consulted or informed. The HR practices and support is pathetic.