Does UCB pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, UCB employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at UCB. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at UCB?

82% of UCB employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated UCB 4.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.1 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at UCB?

Scientist (31) , Research Scientist (26) , Senior Scientist (25) , Associate Director (24) , Director (19) , Associate Scientist (17) , Project Manager (17) , Principal Scientist (16) , Manager (14) , Intern (12) , Medical Science Liaison (MSL) (10) , Neurology Associate (8) , Research Associate (8) , Analyst (7) , Internship (7)

What are the pros of working at UCB according to real employee reviews?

"Great products and pipeline and people" ((in 79 reviews)); "Lots of flexibility and good benefits" ((in 59 reviews)); "culture is great" ((in 59 reviews)); "Nice colleagues to work with." ((in 42 reviews)); "Good work/life balance is nice." ((in 37 reviews))

What are the cons of working at UCB according to real employee reviews?

"Agree with the numerous genuine historic reviews about poor management." ((in 41 reviews)); "Leadership is bad, if you are apart of the club then your good." ((in 28 reviews)); "Managers also tend to expect interns to read their thoughts" ((in 15 reviews)); "Career progression and career development opportunities are slow and nothing else." ((in 11 reviews)); "Does no care if you have family children, emergency always wants time to be made up within the same week will give you a job that should pay more than what you are getting paid most upper management is fake talks behind your back it like high school all over again." ((in 10 reviews))

What are employees saying about UCB layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about UCB layoffs and their outlook for job security at UCB in 2026.

UCB reviews

4.0

82% would recommend to a friend

(774 total reviews)

Jean-Christophe Tellier

90% approve of CEO

83% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Culture & values

4.1

Work/Life balance

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Senior management

3.5

Career opportunities

UCB has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 774 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The UCB 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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Reviews by job title

774 reviews

5.0

Apr 8, 2021

job review

Medical assistant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good, supportive, good training, diversity

Cons

i do not have any complaints

UCB Response

5y

We appreciate your feedback and are happy to hear of your experience with UCB! We will use your feedback to continue to strengthen our employee satisfaction initiatives moving forward.

1.0

Apr 4, 2019

UCB can easily win the award for the worst employer of the year

Senior manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The salary package seems competitive, flexibility working from home

Cons

Dysfunctional, non-transparent organisation with very little respect for employees. It takes good 6-12 months working there to truly understand the level of dysfunction and lack of integrity of management and employees. No professional creativity and total absence of true teamwork. Don’t get fooled by the new office space in HQ. Think twice before accepting their offer as all the cons on paper cannot compensate for working in this truly toxic environment.

1.0

Jan 24, 2019

Not a good place to work! Stay Away!!

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Not much! Considering all the back stabbing and clicks within the company.

Cons

Head Count Neutral means LAYOFFS and NO PROMOTIONS! Management promotes themselves and their clicks. Everyone else gets screwed over.

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