Astellas Europe Reviews
Updated 26 Nov 2020
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- Ireland - All Cities
- - Dublin
- - Dublin Area
- - Kerry
- - Killorglin
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- - England
- - London, UK Area
- - Guildford, UK Area
- - Slough, UK Area
- Bulgaria - All Cities
- - Sofia (city)
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- Greece - All Cities
- - Attica
- - Athens, Greece Area
- Hungary - All Cities
- - Budapest
- - Budapest, Hungary Area
- Netherlands - All Cities
- - North Holland
- - Amsterdam, Netherlands Area
- - South Holland
- - The Hague, Netherlands Area
- Poland - All Cities
- - Masovia
- - Warsaw, Poland Area
- Spain - All Cities
- - Madrid
- - Madrid, Spain Area
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Approve of CEO
Yoshihiko Hatanaka
21 Ratings
Pros
"Good working environment with a lot of colleagues I am still in touch with" (in 7 reviews)
"Work/Life Balance is very flexible if you are not on Shift cycle" (in 6 reviews)
Cons
"Compliance is old fashioned requiring wet signatures on all IT project documentation" (in 3 reviews)
"slow to change" (in 2 reviews)
Pros & Cons are excerpts from user reviews. They are not authored by Glassdoor.
Pros
Friendly atomsphere to work in
Cons
Long hours can happen regularly
"Astellas"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI worked at Astellas Europe full-time
Pros
Flexible working hours are available
Cons
Poor morale, poor leadership team. A lot of ex GSK employees trying to form a sub group within the company. GM is very self focused and will do anything to please European managers. All employees are not treated equally. A lot of back stabbing and politicking goes on.
Continue reading- Helpful (1)
"QC Micro"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI worked at Astellas Europe
Pros
Excellent Holidays, roughly 30 days holidays per year. Flexible working hours are also very good. Nice area.
Cons
Poor Canteen food and not allowed bring in own food. Money a little lower than competitors. Small town attitude and have to careful what you say.
- Helpful (3)
"Terrible Place to Work"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookI worked at Astellas Europe full-time for less than a year
Pros
Non Management are nice People. Outside Dublin City Center. Employ lots of local contractors.
Cons
Most Managers are Padding the Budget..Always creating issues where there arent any..Manage with Fear Tactics..Lie to Head Office about Projects that are being Implemented. Especially the IT Dept FOR EU based in Ireland. Re-use projects..They never really implement anything just spend Corporates Money, Dangerous people. 50% Travel
Continue reading "Great place to work"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI worked at Astellas Europe full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
Great culture and working environment.
Cons
Corp and local Strategy driven from afar
"Good company until the code breaches started to com in"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI worked at Astellas Europe full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
Good environment and reasonable pay
Cons
Lack of personal development and career progress
"Good colleagues but under-resourced, meeting-driven and over-worked"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookI have been working at Astellas Europe full-time for more than a year
Pros
Great colleagues and peers, nice office
Cons
Micromanagement, lack of administrative support, poor work-life and process, process, process!
Continue reading"Broad, but lack of drive to improve"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI have been working at Astellas Europe full-time
Pros
Broad range across Research, Development, Commercial, and Patient advocacy.
Cons
Narrow management style- focused on Japan led ‘global’ activities. Low focus and ability to change or improve internally, instead being reliant on old fashioned principles and ways of doing business
"I really enjoy working at Astellas"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Astellas Europe full-time for more than a year
Pros
The people are amazing and the salary is good.
Cons
More collaboration with other departments
Continue readingPros
Great management team in Europe
Cons
Management team all changed too quickly
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