Awful Place to Work - Anonymous employee Sanofi Employee Review

1.0
Dec 2, 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

There aren't many to think of. There are some great people to work with and I made some long lasting friends during my time there.

Cons

Allston is completely mismanaged and is prime for a business case study on how not to run a company. Their turnover YTD is over 30% and it has been entirely voluntary. Promotions are very rare and they are planning to reduce the size of the plant from approximately 650 to 400 employees over the next few years through letting people leave without replacing them. After leaving this company, I was able to get a 22% pay increase. They pay far below market.

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Cons

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