Culture of fear ruining a good company - Finance AstraZeneca Employee Review
- 2.012 Oct 2023FinanceFormer Employee, more than 5 yearsCambridge, England
Pros
Fantastic facilities (not to mention brand new global HQ, the DISC) Dynamic science turning into life-saving treatments Diversity (nationality, ethnicity, etc.)
Cons
Culture of fear - people afraid to speak out against bullying and unprofessional conduct Personality cults - middle management seem to worship senior leaders rather than treating them as real people. Names of senior leaders regularly invoked like spells to coerce people. Poor work-life balance - people often are implicitly told to work evenings and weekends because their managers and/or their peers do. Diversity but no inclusion - a diverse work force does not mean that everyone's opinions are valued and respected.
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Other Employee Reviews
- 5.027 Nov 2023Summer InternFormer Employee
Pros
I had an amazing internship experience at AstraZeneca last summer. I worked with a talented team doing metabolic-related bioanalysis and bioinformatics.
Cons
The site in South San Francisco is far away from where I want to locate.
- 4.027 Nov 2023SupervisorFormer Employee, more than 3 yearsGaithersburg, MD
Pros
There will always be favoritism wherever you go but if you work hard enough, the actual good leaders will recognize your efforts and help you on your career journey at AZ. I was lucky enough to have managers who actually saw this, others weren’t as fortunate. Pay is decent, considering I came from a CRO that paid very little. Bonus structure was good as long as the company performed well. Work/life balance wasn’t great…when I first started there, my team manager yelled at our team for not meeting goals (even though some of us were meeting our individual goals) and said “you guys are being paid more so you should do more”. This really helped bring up our team morale *please note sarcasm* Thankfully, I was able to move to another team where the sup and manager actually worked together to keep our team motivated and treated us like team members rather than plebeians. Overall, I had a positive experience at AZ by the end and was sad to leave my team.
Cons
Voicing opinions that may be negative in the eyes of senior leadership will likely get you black balled
