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    Found 2496 reviews

    3.8
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    77%
    Recommend to a Friend
    92%
    Approve of CEO
    AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot
    Pascal Soriot
    878 Ratings
    Pros

    • "I had a great work/ life balance which was very rare in my area of work in my country" (in 220 reviews)

    • "Good hike year on year and good benefits" (in 113 reviews)

    Cons

    • "Need more people for the pipeline to be delivered" (in 72 reviews)

    • "Work life balance can be difficult as there is much to do to bring these medicines to market" (in 70 reviews)

    More Pros and Cons

    1. "Great company"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Project Manager 
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook

      I have been working at AstraZeneca full-time for more than 3 years

      Pros

      Flexible working standards, integrity

      Cons

      There can be a very High workload at times

      AstraZeneca2019-08-13

    2. "Oncology is an exciting place to be"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee 
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at AstraZeneca full-time

      Pros

      There is a great culture in Canada and globally we have an exciting pipeline of products that is coming

      Cons

      Work life balance can be difficult as there is much to do to bring these medicines to market

      AstraZeneca2019-05-03
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    3. "Great people and career development"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee 
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at AstraZeneca full-time

      Pros

      Employees are empowered to take control of their development and with the support of their line management.

      Cons

      Sometimes difficult to navigate new processes.

      AstraZeneca2019-05-01

    4. "Great place to work"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee 

      I have been working at AstraZeneca full-time

      Pros

      Work life balance, positive environement

      Cons

      working on creating more development opportunities

      AstraZeneca2019-01-30

    5. "Business Development"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee 
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at AstraZeneca full-time

      Pros

      Good culture, good colleagues. Interesting pipeline and a lot of dynamism

      Cons

      Work pressure could be a disadvantage for some

      Advice to Management

      Keep up, don't listen too much to shareholders

      AstraZeneca2019-01-10

    6. "Sr. Manager"

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      Former Employee - Senior Manager in Mississauga, ON
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at AstraZeneca full-time for more than 8 years

      Pros

      Amazing benefits, not just comp but also events, and activities. Not sure there's a better place from a work/life balance perspective.

      Cons

      Poor leadership. Often a lot of sizzle vs actual results... from IT up playing a win 10 and a hardware refresh to HR playing up a culture that is underneath simply based on politics.

      Advice to Management

      Look at actual results vs the stories your Management teams are telling you a lot of lipstick being slapped on pigs here

      AstraZeneca2018-12-09

    7. "Medical Representative - Great Place to work"

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      Former Employee - Medical Sales Representative in Ottawa, ON
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at AstraZeneca full-time for more than a year

      Pros

      - Great Salaray - Great Managers - Great Colleagues with lots of experience, always there to help - Allocation for food - Car - Great Insurance - Great company - Great Products - Great Pipeline - Outstanding ethics

      Cons

      None. If you have the opportunity to work for this company, take it.

      AstraZeneca2018-11-15

    8. "Good company"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee 

      I have been working at AstraZeneca

      Pros

      Lots of opportunity within the company. They like to hire from within.

      Cons

      Lots of contract positions. No bonus for contract employees.

      AstraZeneca2018-10-09

    9. "How is it?"

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      Former Employee - Pharmaceutical Sales Representative in Montreal, QC
      Doesn't Recommend
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at AstraZeneca full-time for more than 10 years

      Pros

      The Salary are quite high if your good, the great products,the people that work there, the rich pipeline, the managers are nice

      Cons

      Bureaucracy, primary care vision, too much paperwork, too much teleconference, too much KAM meetings, a lot of indirect micromanagement by overload of reports.

      AstraZeneca2018-10-06

    10. "Project Manager"

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      Current Employee - Project Manager in Mississauga, ON
      Recommends
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at AstraZeneca full-time for more than 5 years

      Pros

      Great flexibility and work environment. Excellent management team and many opportunities to grow within organization.

      Cons

      Still a bit behind the technologies available around the world.

      AstraZeneca2018-10-05
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