Q&A With Shire Pharmaceuticals Employees
Our mission is to provide medicines that give people hope — hope of better health and a brighter future. To enable this, we foster a working environment where employees are empowered to respond in the best way to the needs of our patients, whatever and wherever they are. Working with us, you will make a positive impact on people’s lives every day — including your own.
How employees describe working at Shire Pharmaceuticals
The way that it helps my ADHD
Best job ive ever had
Review from Operations Dept
My experience has been a positive one. There is a great opportunity for advancement!
Generally I like going to work to see my co-workers but we do not get compensated for the amount of work we do
We do work that matters.
Review from Operations Dept
What it's like to work at Shire Pharmaceuticals
- Shire Pharmaceuticals employees generally work 8.8 hrs a day
- Employees at Shire Pharmaceuticals report the work pace is extremely fast
- 88% of Shire Pharmaceuticals employees look forward to interacting with their team every day
- Shire Pharmaceuticals employees typically get valuable feedback on how to improve at work Once a quarter
- 54% of Shire Pharmaceuticals employees call their work environment negative
Q&A With Shire Pharmaceuticals Employees
IDX: 25 TOT: 35
What's the Sales team like at Shire Pharmaceuticals?
Helpful, responsive, and caring
What do your coworkers need to improve and how could you work together better at Shire Pharmaceuticals?
having a team and production mentality that surpasses petty personal preferences, the ability to constructively discuss the uncomfortable.
What does the leadership team at Shire Pharmaceuticals need to get better at?
accurately determining cause and effect, understanding extenuating circumstances, and hearing out explanations.
What's going wrong and how can it be improved at Shire Pharmaceuticals?
Upper management works from a partial set of facts that often does not align with the tone or context of reality.
Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation at Shire Pharmaceuticals?
being held to more rigorous standards than comparable positions, but quantitatively paid far less than average makes me feel undervalued.
What needs to change to make the company culture better at Shire Pharmaceuticals?
reward behavior that helps team/production, and punish behavior that hinders it. Accurately convey state of affairs instead of sugarcoating.
What do employees at Shire Pharmaceuticals think about their benefits?
Shire Pharmaceuticals employees rate their overall benefits a C- and most of them think the perks are Neutral. 64% of Shire Pharmaceuticals employees say they are satisfied with their benefits. The majority of employees also get 20-30 days of paid vacation, and most of the employees believe the cash value of their benefits is $500 -$1000/mo.
How's career growth and advancement at Shire Pharmaceuticals?
0% of the same employees also feel like Shire Pharmaceuticals is invested in their career growth. On average, majority of employees do not have a mentor to help them navigate their career at Shire Pharmaceuticals.
How are the managers at Shire Pharmaceuticals?
Shire Pharmaceuticals employees rate their manager a C+ or 68/100 and the majority believe their manager truly cares about them as a person. Most of the employees (75%) also feels pretty comfortable providing negative feedback directly to their boss.
What's the pay like for employees at Shire Pharmaceuticals?
Shire Pharmaceuticals employees rates their pay and overall compensation a C or 66/100. 44% of employees believe they are paid fairly and 100% of employees get raises every year.







