Astellas Reviews

3.4

52% would recommend to a friend

(900 total reviews)
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Naoki Okamura

83% approve of CEO

36% positive business outlook

Astellas has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 900 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Astellas employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

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900 reviews
2.0
23 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good benefits, not many layoffs

Cons

Managers are hit or miss. Lots of favoritism not based on performance and they tend to hire 22 year olds with no knowledge of sales, making the company less valuable and sales reps to have bad reputations with doctors. Makes sense why there’s constant lawsuits. Salaries also aren’t competitive

1.0
20 May 2026

Flexible work environment but lacks diversity and stability

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Flexible working (hybrid). Good team members.

Cons

No diversity. Male dominant leadership. Japan focused leadership. Internal communication is bad. Never ending company restructuring for the past 3 years.

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