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    Found 793 reviews

    3.5
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    66%
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    77%
    Approve of CEO
    Takeda Pharmaceuticals CEO Christophe Weber
    Christophe Weber
    226 Ratings
    Pros

    • "Affords work life balance to all their employees including their contractors" (in 81 reviews)

    • "Great benefits and patient outreach programs" (in 65 reviews)

    Cons

    • "work life balance could be improved" (in 32 reviews)

    • "It is not just "no work life balance" culture but the treatment is inhuman" (in 11 reviews)

    More Pros and Cons
    1. Featured Review
      Helpful (2)

      "Big Pharma"

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        Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Cambridge, MA

        I have been working at Takeda Pharmaceuticals full-time for more than 20 years

        Pros

        Interesting work, great colleagues, opportunity to work globally

        Cons

        Could do better about developing people from within.

      • "Wonderful company and people"

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        Current Employee - Anonymous Employee 

        I have been working at Takeda Pharmaceuticals full-time for more than 2 years

        Pros

        Culture is patient centric

        Cons

        With all pharma, managed care

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      • "Great company"

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          Former Employee - Territory Manager 
          Recommends
          Neutral Outlook
          Disapproves of CEO

          I worked at Takeda Pharmaceuticals full-time for more than 20 years

          Pros

          Great culture and positive environment to work in

          Cons

          Downsizing primary care salesforce is a negative

        • "Good Company"

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          Current Employee - Package Development Engineer in Deerfield, IL
          Recommends
          No opinion of CEO

          I have been working at Takeda Pharmaceuticals full-time for more than 4 years

          Pros

          -great benefits -beautiful campus with amenities -open door policy -team activities -great work/life balance

          Cons

          -closing Deerfield campus and moving to Boston

        • "Always in transition"

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          Current Employee - Manager in Deerfield, IL
          Recommends
          Negative Outlook
          Disapproves of CEO

          I have been working at Takeda Pharmaceuticals full-time for more than 20 years

          Pros

          Flexible work hours, nice campus, good benefits

          Cons

          no pipeline, restructure ongoing, office is closing

          Advice to Management

          Retain talent, don't displace talent

        • "Growing quick"

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          Current Employee - Senior Scientist 
          Recommends
          Positive Outlook
          Approves of CEO

          I have been working at Takeda Pharmaceuticals full-time for more than 4 years

          Pros

          Career Opportunity across divisions are available

          Cons

          Poor systems and communication management

        • Helpful (1)

          "Great Culture, Better Products"

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          Current Employee - Pharmaceutical Sales Representative 
          Recommends
          Positive Outlook
          Disapproves of CEO

          I have been working at Takeda Pharmaceuticals full-time for more than a year

          Pros

          I have a wonderful bag mix of products that sell themselves once providers give them a try. Great opportunities for career advancement for young, ambitious reps. Management is well trained, fair, and honest.

          Cons

          Mystery surrounding possible layoffs after Shire acquisition. Lots of long winded, vague emails from executives that we could do without.

        • "Good place to work"

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            Current Employee - Anonymous Employee 

            I have been working at Takeda Pharmaceuticals full-time

            Pros

            Good managers and realistic goals

            Cons

            Lots of change no lay offa like any pharma company.

          • "Great place to work"

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            Current Employee - Senior Manager in Chicago, IL
            Recommends
            Positive Outlook
            Approves of CEO

            I have been working at Takeda Pharmaceuticals full-time for more than 4 years

            Pros

            Global Pharma, many opportunities if one is not afraid and interested to learn

            Cons

            New changes with Shire acquisition that might add pressure

            Advice to Management

            Manage change carefully

          • "re- org all the time"

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              Current Employee - Professional Sales Representative 

              I have been working at Takeda Pharmaceuticals full-time

              Pros

              If you can find a great manager, its great

              Cons

              re-orging all the time makes it tough

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