Does Vir Biotechnology pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Vir Biotechnology employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Vir Biotechnology. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Vir Biotechnology?

24% of Vir Biotechnology employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Vir Biotechnology 2.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.5 for culture and values and 2.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Vir Biotechnology?

Scientist (10) , Director (6) , Research Associate (4) , Associate Director (3) , Manager (3) , Project Manager (3) , Senior Manager (3) , Senior Research Associate (3) , Anonymous (2) , Research Associate II (2) , Scientist II (2)

What are the pros of working at Vir Biotechnology according to real employee reviews?

"Great people and science." ((in 12 reviews)); "Great benefits and highly skilled workforce." ((in 12 reviews)); "Many colleagues are great to work with aside from only being allowed to speak when spoken to by top leadership." ((in 4 reviews)); "Excellent compensation package with clearly communicated metrics." ((in 3 reviews)); "Competitive salaries and emphasis on company culture" ((in 3 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Vir Biotechnology according to real employee reviews?

"HR also has no leadership and vision." ((in 9 reviews)); "lack of monitoring of managers" ((in 3 reviews))

What are employees saying about Vir Biotechnology redundancies in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Vir Biotechnology redundancy and their outlook for job security at Vir Biotechnology in 2026.

Vir Biotechnology Reviews

2.9

24% would recommend to a friend

(81 total reviews)

Marianne De Backer, M.Sc., Ph.D., MBA

15% approve of CEO

29% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Compensation and benefits

3.4

Diversity and inclusion

2.9

Work/Life balance

2.5

Culture and values

2.4

Career opportunities

2.1

Senior management

Vir Biotechnology has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 81 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Vir Biotechnology employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

Reviews by job title

81 reviews

2.0

29 Apr 2022

Was the perfect job .... until the day it wasn't

Scientist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Company is lead by an amazing CEO, who strives for strong ethics. The leadership team is highly motivating and inspirational. I loved working here, loved the mission, and loved that my work was saving lives during the pandemic.

Cons

Despite an amazing company, my supervisor seems to have been a bad apple. After more than a year of reinforcement that my contributions were respected and needed, my supervisor and an HR rep surprised me one day, and asked for my resignation just 15 days before the estimated arrival of my first child. I did amazing things here, and strongly disputed that I ever had a performance issue. HR didn't help, and just took my supervisors word for everything. No investigations. I was given the choice of a performance-improvement-plan right in the middle of the month my partner is supposed to be giving birth, or resignation. I later found out that the plan was in works for 2 months. From this I can only conclude that the timing was intentional. Absolutely cold-hearted and cruel.

Vir Biotechnology Response

3y

Vir is proud of the generous benefit and leave programs offered to our employees, including working parents. We hold ourselves accountable to treat one another with fairness and respect. Therefore, we take comments of this nature very seriously. We can confirm that we took proper steps to evaluate the concerns raised and respectfully disagree with how the circumstances have been characterized.

2.0

20 May 2024

A great place to work until it wasn't

Senior research associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Great people to work with Good compensation (initially) Interesting and engaging work

Cons

While once a great place to work with a promising future, the change in CEO has fundamentally changed this company. Any reviews over a year old will not reflect the company as it is now. Near 100% turnover in C level in the last 2 years with some executives lasting under a year Poor leadership Poor strategic planning Very unstable company to work for Few opportunities for advancement

1.0

24 Aug 2022

Run!

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

The mission seems to attract many.

Cons

This is an extremely toxic environment. The company seems to be hiring people who have been ousted from other places because of bad behavior. As a result, we have an army of abusive, unethical supervisors who have free rein to do as the please. Complaining to HR is worthless. In response, employees are leaving the company in droves. This is all such a shame because the company operates under the guise of doing good for others. The mission is a sham. Look carefully under the hood before you decide to join.

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Jobs at Vir Biotechnology

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