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    Otsuka Reviews

    Updated September 12, 2018
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    Pros

    • "Great company to work and work life balance" (in 7 reviews)

    • "Healthy and friendly work environment" (in 12 reviews)

    Cons

    • "There is absolutely no chance to have a work-life balance" (in 8 reviews)

    • "Somehow disorganized, lack of coordination at senior management level" (in 7 reviews)

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    1. Featured Review

      "Associate Director"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook

      I have been working at Otsuka full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Pleasant work environment. Great interviewing experience- transparency is better than other companies. Effective training and onboarding

      Cons

      More "formal" work environment-less laid-back than other companies.

    2. "Great place to be"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Otsuka full-time

      Pros

      -Amazing work environment where creativity and collaboration are embraced;
      -Brilliant, hardworking coworkers;
      -Senior management is approachable;
      -Solid work-life balance
      -Jissho

      Cons

      My experience has been very positive.

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    3. "Physician"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Princeton, NJ
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Princeton, NJ
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Otsuka full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Great company to work and work life balance.

      Cons

      nothing specific related to cross functional work

    4. "people focused"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Otsuka full-time

      Pros

      Very collaborative environment.
      Active HR involvement to help grow and develop your career
      Excellent benefits - 10% 401(k) match, 4+ week of PTO to start
      Flexible work schedule
      Freedom to create - very little micro-management

      Cons

      priorities change on a dime
      early mornings/late evenings in teleconferences with global divisions (esp. Japan)
      understaffed, stressful at times when workload peaks

    5. "Associate Director"

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      Former Employee - Associate Director in Princeton, NJ
      Former Employee - Associate Director in Princeton, NJ
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Otsuka full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Colleagues
      Opportunity to mentor, lead without authority
      Good branded products in important therapeutic categories

      Cons

      Senior Leadership transition
      Culture has changed
      Company currently in a net sales trough and working it's way out

      Advice to Management

      Communicate Vision, Mission, Strategy regularly
      Provide inspired leadership as it is currently lacking

    6. "Senior Director"

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      Current Employee - Senior Director in Princeton, NJ
      Current Employee - Senior Director in Princeton, NJ
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Otsuka full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Great company culture. Innovative & creative. Compelling company mission. Competitive salary and bonus. Diverse organization that values different ideas and opinions. Data and insights driven.

      Cons

      No long-term incentive plan, such as restricted stocks or stock options. Lack some key structure and process SOPs that would help the organization function more smoothly.

      Advice to Management

      Grow people resources effectively to support the growth of the company and the increase in work.

    7. "Very Mixed Bag"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Princeton, NJ
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Princeton, NJ
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Otsuka full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Very skilled and professional workforce of pharma veterans, excellent IT, decent (but not industry-leading) salaries and benefits.

      Cons

      Move to open floor plan - terrible idea, noisy, distracting and zero privacy. Heavy-handed and random interference by mother ship in Japan. Lack of any medium term or long term business strategy other than continuing to beat the dead horse product pipeline.

      Advice to Management

      Get rid of the mass cubicle farms. Stop trying to make the US company into Tokyo West. Invest in quality R&D instead of overpaying for mediocre acquisitions with underwhelming products to try to shore up the pipeline.

    8. "Wonderful peers, toxic leadership culture."

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Princeton, NJ
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Princeton, NJ
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Otsuka full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Talented people with adequate budgets free to do quality work. Until new leaders are dropped into place and they clean house unnecessarily.

      Cons

      Leadership (VPs and above) are embroiled in a reality show game of power grabbing and empire building that is totally nonproductive. It creates a toxic environment that is exacerbated by HR’s top leader.

      Advice to Management

      Focus on the work and the results, not the political games.

    9. "Manager"

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      Current Employee - Manager
      Current Employee - Manager
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Otsuka full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Leader in creating health solutions in rare diseases
      Fast paced
      Great culture
      Process oriented
      Your opinion matters

      Cons

      The company is unable to retain good resources

      Advice to Management

      It is a current need for the management to take efforts to retain good/hard working resources

    10. "sales"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at Otsuka full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      none at this point i would not recommend this company

      Cons

      company does not care about its employees.

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