Otsuka reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(622 total reviews)

Tarek Rabah

71% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

Otsuka has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 622 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Otsuka 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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622 reviews
4.0
Sep 5, 2013

Nice coworkers

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Nice people to work with.

Cons

Big workload. Have to work overtime.

4.0
Jul 31, 2013

Good work experience

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Diverse work environment that upholds a flavor of Japanese culture and work ethics. Company values are clearly defined and honoured.

Cons

Keeping a reasonable work-life balance while delivering on the job can become a quite challenging experience. Company uses people's dedication, talent and expertise, with little appreciation in return beyond a fair salary.

2.0
Mar 20, 2013

Home office is inept

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Recently up-sized field sales significantly. Doubled field force sales. Launching new product.

Cons

Growing so fast that there is no competent support at home office. HR calls go unanswered, field ops can't deliver data to the field for territory support. Massive amount of excuses of why data is missing or not accurate. Tremendous amount of micromanagement of the field - Career Trees functional/technical skills assessment is a 'jump-through-the-hoops' type of subjective management tool favored by Otsuka. Likely there will be right-sizing in a year or so when it is found to have expanded too quickly. Small company management struggling to pretend to be a major player.

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