Toxic corporate culture - Senior Research Scientist AstraZeneca Employee Review

1.0
Dec 10, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Nice facilities, well-funded labs, nice working environment, flexible benefits.

Cons

Forced-ranking produces toxic culture that focusses on picking on the negatives and finding easy victims. Works on a system of favourites and old-boys networks - it's more important who you're friends with than what you do. Culture is one of fear and paranoia. Constant reorganisations, cuts and closures. Rapidly declining revenues due to patent expiries make for a very uncertain future.

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Cons

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