Avoid the Frederick, MD Facility at all costs! - Anonymous employee AstraZeneca Employee Review

2.0
May 17, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great company benefits, great company goals, life-changing medicines, good pay, a few, and i mean very few good people.

Cons

awful, toxic, pugnacius, repulsive people and environment. Management has lost control or they do not care. people are always leaving, no one says many good things about that place. They are fixated on metrics and random BS without focusing on tasks at hand. Too much nepotism, the morale is terrible, the day to day work environment is NOXIOUS! AVOID THIS PLACE!

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