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      BioNTech Reviews

      3.2

      43% would recommend to a friend

      (151 total reviews)
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      Ugur Sahin

      49% approve of CEO

      37% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.8

      Diversity and inclusion

      3.3

      Work/Life balance

      3.2

      Culture and values

      3.2

      Compensation and benefits

      2.8

      Career opportunities

      2.5

      Senior management

      BioNTech has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 151 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The BioNTech employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

      Reviews by job title

      151 reviews
      3.0
      13 Jun 2024

      BioNTech UK

      Associate director
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Very science- and innovation-focused; it's a pleasure to work with in-house scientists. Good relationships with external experts and broad scientific community. Company is filled with talented, passionate, experienced individuals across all levels. Salaries offered in the UK are competitive (although I heard that they are less so in other countries).

      Cons

      No opportunities for professional training/development. No structured approach to training. No objective setting or performance review cycle (however, they have been promised soon - fingers crossed). In the UK, the benefits are rather average. Some people at Senior Director level who have been with the company for years are extremely discriminative, abusive and unprofessional, to the extent of driving away talent. The company has 6000+ employees, but the senior leadership operates as if it's still 200 people, resulting in stalled processes and wasted opportunities. Department heads don't have any decision-making power. Historically the company is German, and it looks like senior level employees based in other countries are not given enough decision-making power compared with their Germany-based colleagues (although, admittedly, the Germany-based colleagues have been with the company longer on average, so maybe the trust is won in time?)

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      BioNTech Response
      1y
      Dear colleague, We appreciate the time taken to leave a review and offer us some insights. We are also committed to support continuous improvements for our BioNTech team members. Feedback like yours and pointing out weaknesses plays an integral part in facilitating such improvements. To that end, we’d like to discover more about your experience and perspective. To do this we invite you to reach out to your people partner so we can learn more and make any necessary improvements. Please get in touch via glassdoor@biontech.de Warm regards, Your HR Team
      2.0
      27 Jan 2025

      Passionate but poorly led

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      There's a lot of energetic and passionate people at BNT, working on some potentially marvellous and world-changing drugs. And the company does want to "walk to the talk", be innovative and do things right.

      Cons

      Unfortunately, the reality is that BioNTech is chaotic and poorly run. There are almost no processes or structure, so much is done at the last moment and in a slap-dash way that it's almost a company standard. Management would rather show up at public appearances and photo ops or talk loftily about "mission" and "passion" than try to make the company work. This doesn't bode well for the future.

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      BioNTech Response
      1y
      Dear Colleague, Thank you very much for leaving us a review. Feedback is important to us, and insights of all kinds from the people of BioNTech, are what helps us grow with you. We value learning what is working well, and where there is room for improvement. If you would be happy to share your experience further, please contact us at glassdoor@biontech.de. We would be happy to get in touch. Meanwhile, we sincerely wish you many other positive experiences and improvements with us. Thanks again for your feedback. Kind regards, Your HR Team
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