Sanofi reviews

4.0

81% would recommend to a friend

(6,537 total reviews)
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Belén Garijo

88% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Sanofi has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 6,537 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Sanofi employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology industry (3.7 stars).

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1.0
Feb 8, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Other than location I can think of any pros of working at sanofi pasteur. Most of the work force appears to be unhappy. Even if you're the kind of person that can "leave it at the office" each day is grinding and more depressing than the next.

Cons

-Working "smart" is not encouraged. Often short term superficial benefits that undercut longer term stability and goals are over looked simply for the sake of perception. The extra work that is generated from poor decisions is often taken care of in the form of unpaid over time. -Much of management seems more interested in fulfilling personal agendas than doing what is right for the business and their respective departments. -Interdepartmental squabbling that propels the term "office politics" into the the territory of a poorly written sitcom. -The company takes a lot from you and gives very little. -Before working here I never really understood the term micro management. Employees of all levels are not trusted to make basic decisions.

2.0
Aug 27, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Sanofi Pasteur offers a great benefits package, 401k contributions (company matches up to 6%), and a nice salary with the opportunity for a lot of overtime.

Cons

Management and mid-level supervisors make sure that the employees are aware they don't trust them to get the job done by constantly checking up on each project. When employees know they're not trusted, they become experts at "presenteeism"—the physical appearance of working, without anything getting done. Management keeps their employees in the dark about important, possibly career-altering changes until the very last minute. Marketable top performers want a seat at the table and won't stand for being left in the dark without the information they need to do their jobs well. You will not advance in the company unless you know someone. Advancement isn't based on job performance, it's based on who you know in this company.

1.0
Jul 27, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Some of the best reasons is that they are not "corporate" in the sense, that they don't write you up for every little thing. They were fairly flexible with myself as a single parent.

Cons

Extremely top heavy in management. For my department we had 3 employees, a manager and a Supervisor. They don't write you up for everything, they just fire you. I wrote an email to my manager about innapropriate behavior between himself and my coworker and that I was feeling uncomfortable, and instead of changing that, they let me go.

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