27 Jul 2024
Aso Reviews
3.7
66% would recommend to a friend
John Macaskill
71% approve of CEO
56% positive business outlook
Aso has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 56 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Aso 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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56 reviews
2.0
9 Nov 2021
Company with great growth story but now limited by incompetent leadership
Former employee, more than 10 years
Sarasota, FL
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
• Generally there is upward mobility and the company is open to moving employees between departments. • Employees are very cooperative and team oriented • Company has high market share in its product categories • Benefits & PTO are above average • Work/life balance varies by manager but generally seems to be good for most employees
Cons
• It's nearly impossible to move past the Manager level here. In 10+ years I only saw 3 people promoted past Manager. • High turnover - employees are rapidly abandoning current leadership • Company has old-fashioned views on Work-from-home. Leadership actively discourages it and assumes it's the same as PTO. Company has made little effort to make WFH possible (such as high quality video cameras and microphones in conference rooms) • In the past 2 years the company has skipped performance reviews, meaning no merit increases • Compensation/base salary is below average with a a wide range. Some people are grossly underpaid whereas others are similarly overpaid. • Current leadership lacks any transparency. 4-5 people make all the important decisions in the company with little to no input from others. • Career potential at ASO seems to be decided by proximity to owners. Don't expect to rise in the ranks unless you are somehow connected to the owners or their favorite employees. • Company lacks a lot of "global" policies meaning many policies will be determined ad-hoc by your manager, which can be good or bad. Examples being work-from-home and hours worked.
1.0
11 Nov 2021
Once a great place to work, no longer the case under new management
Former employee, more than 5 years
Sarasota, FL
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
- Great benefits & PTO is above average - Team members are supportive at director/manager level and below - Many talented professionals to learn from - Growing business with opportunity if you are “friends” with leadership
Cons
- Leadership is ineffective and misogynistic - Talented people are overlooked and demeaned because of gender and family situations - CEO is extremely reactionary and not strategic, get ready for your daily scream fest over trivial issues - Don’t expect support from your direct supervisors at the executive level, leadership is controlled by reactionary whims of CEO; expectations and direction changes daily - Bullying is encouraged and seems to be a part of the new corporate culture - Pay is low and management tries to convince you that you are not worth higher pay, regardless of previous experience or current performance - If you leave do not expect a professional transition, be ready to for leadership to attempt to demean you at every opportunity - Executive leadership will try to convince you that this is the “New ASO” - don’t fall for it, all real leadership got fired in 2020 and nepotism has prevailed
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