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      3.5

      86% would recommend to a friend

      (26 total reviews)

      51% positive business outlook

      F-Star has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 26 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The F-Star 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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      26 reviews
      4.0
      Dec 18, 2016

      Good place to work

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Great work environment, good benefits

      Cons

      Limited opportunities for career progress

      5.0
      Sep 29, 2021

      review of research associate

      Research associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      there is a great work environment, management empowers the young scientists, very friendly and international team

      Cons

      it can take time to evolve in the company but it has improved

      3.0
      Oct 1, 2020

      An overall good place to work. Some goods, some bads, nothing to run towards or away from.

      Scientist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Good science, focusing on immuno-oncology and specifically bispecific antibodies means most of the scientists are immunologists. People are generally friendly and they have (had, before covid) a fairly social group organising events etc. Science can sometimes be overridden by political or business decisions, but not more than at other companies. Various perks such as yearly bonuses, bupa coverage, healthshield etc sweeten the deal.

      Cons

      They have a "consensus-driven culture" and "conversations about science" are strongly encouraged and practised. In practice, that means a lot of never-ending back-and-forth discussions and meetings, walking back on previous decisions (even when there is no new data to warrant that), a great deal of speculation about what might or should be rather than just wait for the results of the experiments. Sometimes unrealistic decisions are made, such as to progress two INDs to submission at the same time with only 80 employees, then wonder why things don't go to plan. The recent financial difficulties seem to have been solved by the recent merger with Spring Bank, but it's not clear how long that money will last.

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