AstraZeneca reviews

Hard to work globally with time changes. Performance structure relies on making a mistake to meet "partially met" quota. Too much emphasis on behavior and not enough on determining if you have credentials/experience to perform job. You could have a degree in decorating and be the next senior director -- don't challenge anyone even though they say they want you to challenge-- they manage up to the next level and not down to the employee.

You need to be aggressive, focused and ambitious to get ahead at AZ. It's very much who you know, not how well you do. Managers have been there for years and don't want to go anywhere else, so they are not particularly progressive (eg flexible working as an alien concept when I was there). Salaries are not the highest and bonuses tend to be on the low side, but that depends on where you are in the organisation. I worked like a dog on a long term project and was given a bonus of £2k whereas the project manager's bonus enabled him to buy a house in Italy! Hmmm, bit of a mismatch there since I probably spent longer on the project than he did.