Interesting environment at Biogen - Director Biogen Employee Review

Although we were shielded from the culture of "compete with your peers and win at all costs" for the first year I was employed, that changed as leaders left and were replaced with people who fit the cut throat, loose ethics environment that has been creeping in over the last several years. Because of the reputation that Biogen has made for itself in recent years (fearing the CEO and other leaders), top talent has been hard to attract and retain. As a result, there are many process-oriented, tedious leaders in place who have never been in roles of that magnitude. Instead of listening, or asking for advice they forge ahead not understanding the big picture, and not willing to learn. When things go wrong, it's a race to cover it up so that the CEO doesn't find out, regardless of the impact to the business. This is "fake it till you make it" on speed. In the past 3 months, there became pressure to turn against each other for personal gain and to be dishonest to win points with senior leaders. There was also pressure to not speak up about wrong doing if you wanted to gain a promotion or favor internally. As an ambitious person, this was a tremendous challenge of character, and an amazing experience that taught me about who I am as a person and what I am willing or not willing to do for success. I made the right choice.