Elanco Reviews

4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(760 total reviews)
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Jeff Simmons

81% approve of CEO

75% positive business outlook

Elanco has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 760 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Elanco 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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760 reviews
1.0
4 Feb 2022
Recommend
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Pros

None at present, the environment is not great to work in.

Cons

The company has lost its way and is losing its talent daily. Since its separation from Lilly, it talks about values but does not role model. It treats its employees as dispensable. The setting up of a central hub in Poland to outsource activities to cut costs has led to a hub run by lots of people that do not understand pharma and all like to call themselves Managers. Long term this will lead to mistakes and inefficiencies that will cost even more. Lots of tired and disgruntled employees due to high workload and constant headcount cuts and reorganization leading to zero talent development which is not a high priority for senior management. Too much focus on sales. R and D and manufacturing are treated like a poor relation. Too much US centric control has led to other groups in the organisation not being able to speak up. If they do speak up then you probably won't see that person again within a few weeks. Senior management not good at taking feedback. All the positive communication is just for show, it is not lived by the organization. Lots of people moving to other competitors due to the toxic environment which has evolved.

2.0
22 Sept 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Flexi time, good experience and training. Most staff at shop floor are very nice

Cons

Very obvious clique which management always protect as they are permanent/senior employees, and promotions only occur through social/political hierarchy. People are cherry picked for certain tasks to make them look good, to the point where you can accurately predict most personnel changes the moment the position comes up. If you try to do anything to combat this you just get "blacklisted". I would highly suggest only doing this job to gain experience.

4.0
3 Oct 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great site with exciting prospects. The development department is expanding with new projects coming through all the time.

Cons

Lots of employees are employed long term as contract workers. Job security is a worry. However, good employee retention once made permanent.

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