Optimistic about the future - Executive Director BeOne Employee Review

5.0
Jul 9, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Very nice and collaborative colleagues across the world. Have not run into any 'back-stabbers' yet, which is refreshing. Company very much lives its mission of eradicating cancer. Benefits are fantastic (best I've ever had, which is in comparison to multiple big pharmas I've worked for). High ambition to push the envelope, do things differently, and grow into a best-in-class biotech organization.

Cons

Information flow still tends to be 'person to person' via relationships rather than governance which can make things extremely inefficient. Company is (rightfully) being disciplined about costs/expenses, so many functions are running very lean (while at the same time working inefficiently but with high appetite for doing more). Company is evolving into a global organization, but there is still resistance from key players to keep it as a 'China' and 'everyone else' setup...which again makes work efforts inefficient. Depending on role, work hours are long to cover global time zones (and the US employees tend to flex hours to fit the China time zone, rather than the other way around).

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Thank you for posting your review. We will make sure your comments are shared with the proper departments. We are always looking to improve the experience for our employees. We appreciate the five star review.

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1.0
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Cons

How much can I write? After being in the industry for 15 years plus, I have never seen such a train wreck. I have been here for two years and it feels like 20. They work you so much and there is never a promotion. There is never a thank you. Stock equity is almost nonexistent at this point. The next few years will be tough because our pipeline has nothing coming out. They also fire and lay off people all the time. You never know if you will come in one day and have a meeting with HR that you are blindsided by. The whole place is really working like a bad startup with a founder that wants to continue being CEO and has nothing new to offer. His wife is running the company because she is at every town hall and major event. She is not even an official employee of the company, but sits in all these meetings. Something is wrong with that. There is zero culture. I kept hoping this would change, but I gave up.

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