Does Astellas pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Astellas employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Astellas. This rating has improved by 4% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Astellas?

54% of Astellas employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Astellas 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.3 for culture and values and 3.0 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Astellas?

Associate Director (43) , Sales Representative (33) , Director (30) , Senior Manager (26) , Manager (25) , Human Resources (9) , Sales (9) , Research Associate (7) , Scientist (7) , Associate Manager (6) , Key Account Manager (6) , Product Specialist (6) , Project Coordinator (6) , Project Manager (6) , QC Chemist (6)

What are the pros of working at Astellas according to real employee reviews?

"Benefits are great and comprehensive." ((in 124 reviews)); "some of the people are great and good products that make a difference" ((in 89 reviews)); "They seem to care about schedule flexibility and providing good work/life balance for their employees." ((in 50 reviews)); "+ Good salary" ((in 32 reviews)); "We have great colleagues who are easy to collaborate with." ((in 25 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Astellas according to real employee reviews?

"Senior leadership concerned primarily with their own self aggrandizement and compensation." ((in 31 reviews)); "Some very poor managers have managed to make it to a high level" ((in 20 reviews)); "collective layoff of the Leiden office) ruined the morale and is a terrible mistake that may cost this company its entire structure." ((in 13 reviews)); "Senior management pretty invisible." ((in 10 reviews)); "Promotions are based on favoritism rather than merit, creating a leadership team of yes" ((in 8 reviews))

What are employees saying about Astellas layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Astellas layoffs and their outlook for job security at Astellas in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Astellas locations?

Northbrook , Chicago , South San Francisco , Westborough , Deerfield , San Francisco , Norman , Los Angeles , Seattle , Marlborough , Washington , Orlando , Boston , New York , Houston , Indianapolis , Cambridge , Albany , Phoenix , Detroit , Charlotte , Sanford , Dallas , Fort Wayne , San Diego , Lancaster , Philadelphia , Baltimore , Miami , Newark

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Astellas reviews

3.4

54% would recommend to a friend

(905 total reviews)

Naoki Okamura

87% approve of CEO

36% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.6

Diversity & inclusion

3.3

Culture & values

3.0

Career opportunities

2.8

Senior management

Astellas has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 905 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Astellas employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

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Reviews by job title

905 reviews

3.0

Apr 8, 2016

Political to an extreme fault

Senior manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent benefits, great facility, flexible schedule

Cons

Highly political, horrible behaviors by top and middle management - especially in Development Operations, many unhappy employees, best talent is running out the door.

3.0

Jul 16, 2015

Need to improve the fundamentals of successful management

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

People are very friendly and benefits are great. There is quite a bit of expertise, however, it is not well-utilized. Working for a Japanese company teaches how to be respectful of other cultures Cafeteria has great food. You will learn a lot about working with Japanese

Cons

Management is quite weak and HR is punitive although they like to put on a good show of their nice benefits and work/life balance. If you work with Japan or Netherlands, will need to work very long hours. However, you can work from home and use flexible hours. Although they try to recruit experienced people from big pharma, they rarely use their expertise. This results in having to dummy down; to use old approaches that were tried 10 years ago. The technologies and science is not cutting edge and they are trying to compete with big pharma.

1.0

Apr 25, 2015

Sinking ship

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Vacation and medical benefits are decent. They talk a good talk when it comes to work life balance and flexibility, but that really depends on your manager and a lot of management DO NOT support it.

Cons

Sinking Ship, get out now.

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