Screams in HR: Naughty & Nice List

Let’s be honest, Santa’s not the only one keeping receipts this year. The biopharma world has been… a lot, so here’s who’s getting mince pies and who’s getting a lump of coal:

🔥 Naughty List:

• Companies that seem to restructure every six months just to remind everyone who’s really in charge.

• The ones quietly relocating everything to “cost-efficient hubs” while pretending it’s a “strategic transformation”.

• The so-called “global” companies that think scheduling an HR screening call at midnight UK time is perfectly fine.

• Teams that can’t tell you what the interview’s actually for — or keep moving it around like a bad game of musical chairs.

• Organisations that spam candidates with automated emails but can’t manage one human reply.

• Sending the “you’re overqualified” email after six rounds and interviews and an exercise… for a six-month contract. You could’ve figured that out by actually reading the CV.

• The ones that axe external recruitment, then promote Chad from Finance to Medical Director because “he’s been here a while”.

✨ Nice List:

• Companies that are transparent, organised, and actually deliver on what they say.

• Hiring managers who treat candidates like people, not placeholders.

• HR teams that respect time zones, communicate clearly, and follow up when they say they will.

• Leaders who promote based on ability, not availability.

• Organisations that understand “external hiring” isn’t a dirty word.

• The rare few who run a process that feels professional, fair, and, dare I say, human.