UCB Reviews

Pros

Friendly, family atmosphere where caring and consideration is part of the work. Faith and Prayer is a big part of life at UCB and is one of the things that makes it great.

Cons

As they are a charity they do well to pay their employers but there are better salaries out there. Great job satisfaction though.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep going strong, making sure the faith and family element isn't lost in the progression of the charity. God Bless

Pros

Some nice people, reasonable salary. It is a very relaxed working environment.

Cons

Mangement lack direction, and communication outside of Braine is not very good. You get demotivated the longer you stay their.

Advice to Senior Management

Value your staff, give them direction and clear feedback on what they are doing.

Pros

the company is market leader in allergic segment, and possess most of the patent in this segment and thus working under its core competency

Cons

ucb is not a good paymaster and the product range is also limited. it should enter into other therapeutic segments also

Advice to Senior Management

plz be a good paymaster, the company should increase its product range and it should venture into other therapeutic profiles also

Pros

good company in the field of biotherapeutics, very skilled people in a difficult field of the pharmaceutical research, good work atmosphere.

Cons

salary reviews are not always fair, slow advancement, the company tends to hire people directly at opened positions rather than promoting people in the inside, Slough is not a nice city to work

Advice to Senior Management

there is some nice managers; the way the crisis is managed is maybe not always optimal, with little information to the employees

Pros

Solid vision and patient focus. Good people with a passion for what they do. Challenging environment makes for a highly interactive and fast paced environment

Cons

Management direction is at times inconsistent - requires nimbleness and agility. Capital structure limits investment in near term projects.

Advice to Senior Management

While we always need to ensure current performance, we should also work on consistency of message and forward thinking.

Pros

your employed with a pharm company and you have a good base salary and a co. car.

Cons

low level pharma company that poses as something greater. nothing new in the pipeline, no novel products, just 'me too' products that offer no real solutions to healthcare providers.

Advice to Senior Management

just give it up and shut down. dont use the current economic situation as leverage to get employees to do whatever you want. It is a pathetic tactic used by the pathetic management.

Pros

Passion to find therapies for patients. Senior Management always seeking ways to improve productivity. Anyone can make a difference within the organization. Great benefits.

Cons

Often expected to meet objectives without adequate resource. Series of acquisitions led to turmoil with regard to processes and structure. Employees often overwhelmed with amount of work.

Advice to Senior Management

Ensure that there is alignment between goals and resources to achieve them.

Pros

Very little is done, but overall if you are a self-motivated person, you could achieve something. UCB is a family owned company who tried to invest massively but with no real vision. If you can survive this, then UCB might be for you.

Cons

No support, bad communication, clueless management. Go there, do whatever you like and as soon as you get bored, go away. UCB is hopeless in its lack of structure, charisma and identity. The company that launched 2 blockbusters (Zyrtec and Keppra) was great at managing serendipity. now the magic is gone and the management is envisioning a bright future that no employee buy in.

Advice to Senior Management

Senior management is dreaming of a company that does not exist. To put it simply: UCB can't execute. Missed deadlines, rejections and forced optimism are now too common in project teams.

Pros

It used to be the people, but slowly they are leaving and now this is just another corporate looking after it's shareholders.

Cons

The company is too Belgian centric. It needs to embrace it's multi national employees.
There is no accountability.
Mergers and acquistions have not been successful.

Advice to Senior Management

Leave Belgium! Ok, don't be so drastic, but acknowledge there are other more innovative countries and people. Do a deep clean of the "lifers" who stay around to pick up their pensions. Bring in some new people and ideas and freshen things up.
What is the return on investment on the research work done?

Pros

Location. Suburban Atlanta is a wonderful place to live.

Cons

1. Belgian company with very socialistic ideology.
2. Disrespect for American scientists and marketplace.
3. Negative work environment.
4. Disrespectful/suspicious of highly trained professionals--in general.

Advice to Senior Management

1. Improve your interaction with the US R&D talent.
2. Consider allowing the US Division more independence.