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Updated Mar 28, 2023
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- "managers need to be trained to behave and speak like a leader and care about their direct report." (in 13 reviews)
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- Current Employee★★★★★
Great Place to Work
Mar 28, 2023 - Operational Excellence Specialist in New Haven, CTRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Nice People, good pay, and friendly overall environment
Cons
Always traffic coming into the site
- Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
There are better places
Mar 24, 2023 - Senior Research Scientist in New Haven, CTRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Good pay & benefits, many holidays, end of year site shut down, some decent people before the merger.
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Too narrow of a focus with no vision for company direction. Very poor management & management practices. Very difficult to take time off. A lot of politics, back stabbing, and nepotism. Have to know the right people to get ahead, a lot of turnover.
- Current Employee★★★★★
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Great people to work with, great pace, had an amazing mentor
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don't really like the city
- Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Great management before acquisition
Feb 6, 2023 - Communications in Boston, MARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Strong focus on DEI and fabulous benefits
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In-person very important to management but offices empty
- Current Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Cautiously optimistic
Jan 22, 2023 - Senior Director in Boston, MARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Amazing people and great mission, acquisition creates new opportunities
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Acquisition - people leaving, less employee experience focus
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Great company
Jan 25, 2023 - Associate Medical Director in Boston, MARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Benefits are great Salary is great
Cons
The new management could be slower to decisions
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Working at Alexion
Jan 26, 2023 - Associate Scientist III in New Haven, CTRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Good culture, independent and flexible work environment, good benefits
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Base pay low than market
- Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Great people for now....
Jan 6, 2023 - Executive Director Quality Assurance in Boston, MARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
There are many amazing opportunities and the pipeline is robust
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Acquisition by Astra Zeneca has reduced some of what made this company so special. The current CEO is very single minded and not a great people person.
- Former Employee★★★★★
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I loved everything about it.
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I don’t have any cons.
- Current Employee★★★★★
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Good, best to work for
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Bad in management, do not work here
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Alexion Pharmaceuticals has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 772 reviews left anonymously by employees. 64% of employees would recommend working at Alexion Pharmaceuticals to a friend and 64% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has decreased by -2% over the last 12 months.
64% of Alexion Pharmaceuticals employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Alexion Pharmaceuticals 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Alexion Pharmaceuticals to be career development, coworkers, benefits and the cons to be senior leadership, management, culture.
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