do not do contact work for them - Anonymous employee BioNTech Employee Review

1.0
Dec 30, 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

cool science being done by the overall company but this location is not a good place to work

Cons

they treated the contracted (to hire) employees as if they were not actually a part of the team, something I had not experienced before with this type of contact work. There were multiple contracted employees in this position so it was not a person to person basis. Additionally supervisors and lower level management of this team continued to assure us they were doing all they could to give us the same small benefits that non contacted employees had, and trying to include us in those small things. For instance we were not given any company T-Shirts and other small favors as part of our introduction week, and there was a welcome talk where new hire names were mentioned and asked to introduce themselves, except for ours. We worked on multiple important projects for them over our months working there. Our supervisor completely lied to us about the security of our contracts, consistently having performance meetings with us and assured us we were on track for being hired at the end of the contract. Instead of letting us know they decided to end the contract, we were told nothing, only for all of the contracted employees to get the same call from the contract agency to ask if we were aware our contracts had been terminated. i have NEVER felt this disrespectful as a contract worker

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BioNTech Response
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Dear Colleague, Thank you very much for taking the time to leave us a review. We appreciate it! We’re also most pleased to learn of your positive experience and to know you feel satisfied with BioNTech as an employer. Insights of all kinds from the people of BioNTech are what helps us grow with you, and we value learning what is working well and where there is room for improvement. We welcome further feedback in the future. Kind regards, Your HR Team
2.0
Jun 9, 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

People here genuinely want to do the right thing and come up with new therapies for patients. The company does want to do what is right for its employees as changes are ongoing. Site leadership tends to try and shield the employees from the chaos at the global level and senior leadership, and there is good experience present at the lower levels of the company.

Cons

Senior leadership is very inexperienced, especially when it comes to making decisions, and sticking with them. Priorities are constantly changing and it can be infuriating at times, especially when the same team members are working on the different projects at the same time with the same priorities. Some days it feels like management is a a dog chasing cars, and does not know what to do when it finally catches one. There used to be a great culture at sites in the US. The company has underwent multiple layoffs and site closures over the past year, so the culture here has been negatively affected by the constant barrage of negative news and constant changes. There is a concerted effort to prioritize the activities at the company for the future, but we will be going through a lot of growing pains as the company reorganizes. Ultimately there is a bright future in store.

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BioNTech Response
5d
Hello, Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us! Your feedback is important, and the insights from our colleagues help us navigate the current situation. We understand that the upcoming changes may create uncertainty. These decisions were not made lightly but were carefully considered and made as part of our company-wide strategy. We are doing our best to address all concerns, questions, and feedback. Thank you again for your transparency. Best regards, Your HR-team
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