C Level Management totally out of touch with staff. - Anonymous employee AstraZeneca Employee Review

1.0
12 May 2012
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Colleagues are great and direct working relationships are good apart from that there are no other good reasons that come to mind quickly which is always a bad sign.

Cons

Executive team live in their own ivory tower bubble with "open door" BS policy. Dare to speak out of line and you will get a torrent of emails saying you are not towing the corporate line. IT is a mess, huge reorg announced last year but it was badly planned, badly executed and is disaster, heads should go. Internal politics is awful, MedI took over a Cambridge (UK) company and ruined it but fail to admit it. CEO thinks he is the next Steve Jobs and puts style over substance in his presentations with flash graphics but hollow words, wake up Peter you are not Steve Jobs.

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Like any massive global corporate entity, things can sometimes move slowly and it can be challenging to navigate a high number of constantly evolving priorities and initiatives. That being said, AZ is very clear about its north stars and values which makes it possible to prioritize work that has the most impact and alignment with the company’s ambition and business prerogatives. 60% office attendance policy is also a bit funny when oftentimes I am on Teams calls with colleagues sitting in other areas of the world.

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