AstraZeneca Employer Reviews

EMPRESA LIDER A NIVEL MUNDIAL ,LA CUAL SIEMPRE DESARROLLA A SU PERSONAL EN LAS MEJORES PRACTICAS ETICAS Y PROFESIONALES.

Good people
good managers
cronyism in senior leadership
poor pipeline
too metrix focused
great job flexibility
good expense budget

A fast paced, exciting & fun job with interaction with wonderful customers and staff. Everyday in the field was fun and filled with different challenges. I worked with the greatest and most respectful team that had the same go-getter work ethic I have. The hardest part of the job was constant mangement turnover and the short period of time you had with – more...  a manager made it hard to have a lasting working relationship. – less

typical day at work begins from 7am to 3pm
nice and friendly people to work around
management is good

Great place to work, great facilities, and great people.

Loved working for AstraZeneca and the opportunity to work on a global platform

I've loved every minute working for AstraZeneca.
Great people in the business and very much a laid back yet hard working, work force.
Management are down to earth and very approachable i've learnt alot from this job about myself and about life in general.
I've honestly met friends for life at AstraZeneca and taking away life experience and great work – more...  experience too. – less

Great product, great territory, nice peers. Unmotivated team, non co-hesive team and atmosphere, strange manager, non-motivating atomosphere and culture.

Only room for advancement is in sales. Not unusual for pharm sales. People were great. promoted recognition of hard work. Enjoyed my job.

AZ is headed for a takeover or split of assets. Many products going generic and little research for new compounds.

The knowledge you gain with this company is invaluable. The company is strong on communication, education, and integrity. I thoroughly enjoyed selling my medications to the physicians and their staff. The evening programs, training, and collaboration of strategy made it exciting. In addition, keeping within budget constraints taught discipline and accountability. – more...  Riding with your manager was a great coaching experience that was a day all about you and how you could be a better sales professional. – less

AZ experienced a major job reduction shortly after I was hired as a contractor.

Time of great transition within company. Should be interesting to see where they are in a year or two.

stay away as the company is still right-sizing due to an aging portfolio and weak pipeline

Good place to work. Just had some hits to the pipeline.
Managment was good at communicating with employees

When I joined this company years ago, I was estatic. What a great reputation it had, I respected the AZ Reps I saw in the field. Wow, times have changed. The company's mid and senior management have made some fundamentally flawed decisions.

And yes indeed! They claim they have the highest level of intregity and strong ethics. Not so true. They just – more...  have excellent attorneys. For example, they do not follow many of the policies other big pharma companies must adhere to and let things go unreported.

Instead of spending millions of dollars on TV ads, they should value and compensate their employees accordingly -- instead of forcing themselves to layoff thousands of employees (many of which were excellent reps, circle of Excellence winners, top notch performers). Then they go and hire contract sales reps and train them in a week (and don't tell the reps and dsm's about this until they are already working in territory). Simple horrific!

Also, in certain territories management has made bad teaming decisions, creating a not so pleasant co-worker environment.

Bad decision if you decide to work for AZ. Again pipeline is dry and Brilinta? do some research. Reps are not as talented they once were. HIring several layers of contract sales forces. Do yourself a favor, pass on this one.

And glad I just got an offer from another company!! – less

Constantly analyzing data for individual and group accounts to know how effective you have been with your relational selling. You determine what's working well and what could be done diffferently to improve overall outcomes. Interactions are brief, so you must be precise in the direction you want to go with the customer. Sales managers typically ride – more...  with you one day a month to observe and to provide coaching feedback based on the quality of your interactions with your customers. My previous co-worker seemed to be a hard worker. Most of our communication occurs over the phone, however, we would set time aside every other week to meet face to face to discuss the territory and our customers. The hardest part of the job was dealing with managed care obstacles that often prevent your products from being used. The most enjoyable part of the job was interacting with the office staff, decision makers, and the doctors. – less

poor decision making and leadership thought the corporation un able to produce a drug due to poor R&D deep trouble for the next 5 years expect a buyout , laying off employees and giving large compensation packages bad investment

The organization that has recently been challenged by product approvals, the changing health care market and general profitability. I would not suggest this as a company to work for until they make the necessary adjustments. Layoff's and downsizing have been the norm since 2007 and will continue through 2014.

Astra Zeneca is a organization which creating difference in Pharmaceutcal Sales with his MODEL " CDTI ".

Employees have varied backgrounds in healthcare and a range of management experience.