Short term focus seems to be the only strategy - Anonymous employee Syngenta Employee Review

2.0
11 Aug 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

International company with great opportunities to change roles regularly and build a broad knowledge. Exciting and successful products, including pipeline.

Cons

The management is currently focused on achieving too ambitious quarterly results, and forgets about quality and longer term vision. For instance they are letting 600 employees go in Switzerland, including high potential people and key non senior jobs. Senior Management has been completely spared the pain.

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5.0
5 Jun 2026
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Pros

Nice people, management is not restrictive, labs are well-supplied, good attitude

Cons

It may be difficult to work with people who speak a lot of different languages, but English is the default and it's not a problem

3.0
18 Jun 2026
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Pros

work-life balance, benefits, and generous vacation

Cons

Significant disconnect between higher-level and lower-level management

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