Amgen reviews

3.8

65% would recommend to a friend

(4,202 total reviews)
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Robert A. Bradway

77% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

Amgen has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 4,202 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Amgen employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology industry (3.7 stars).

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4K reviews
1.0
Oct 30, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

All staff are pleasant to work with, except for the RAC (Regular Administrative Coordinator) employees. RAC are consider the permanent AC (Administrative Coordinator) employees, not the contractors (temp employees).

Cons

99% of the RAC's are very negative and miserable individuals to work with, definitely not a team player, and most definitely toxic to the Amgen company. Per the AC contractors, 99 % of the RAC's has the reputation of the MAFIA AC's. While the AC contractors are working to accomplish all tasks for the day, the RAC's are out playing doing the following.... personal calls, personal errands, yoga classes/gym/walking, visiting eachother, gossiping via email or phone (landline/cellular) to other RAC's about the AC contractors, complaining about their bosses (business/personal lives), their tasks, other colleagues and their colleague tasks, frequent visits to all of the campus restaurants, cafes, coffee stands, direspecting direct reports and scientists, etc. Once the RAC's realize all of the work the AC contractors are accomplishing not only for their boss, but also assisting other colleagues and other RAC's bosses /direct reports/colleagues due to the RAC out on leave (medical, vacation, sick, etc)... the RAC's starts feeling threaten. RAC's starts immediately spreading childish rumors such as the AC contractor are imcompetent of acheiving their tasks. The RAC's not only accomplish their childish rumors, cause friction between all Amgen employees and contractors, they also black ball the AC Contractor from their contract with Amgen and all subsidiaries. Due to this childish behavior it causes complications for the AC contractor to seek employment elsewhere. Contractors have informed their temp agencies about Amgen's work habits and disturbing behaviors.

3.0
Sep 10, 2015

Amgen

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The salary and benefits are excellent. The company claims to be helping people, but it really is interesting in maximizing profit. But then, all companies do this, it is not surprising.

Cons

The work environment is poor, and the opportunity for growth is limited. It is very hard to understand how what you are working on fits in with everything else that is going on. You will be surprised one day to find out that upper management doesn't know or care what you are working on.

1.0
Jul 20, 2015

IT at Amgen

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The pay is competitive. Bonuses are appropriate. Benefits are generally very good. All US staff gets paid vacation. Additionally, each US site shuts down twice a year for a week. This is in addition to an individual's vacation time.

Cons

Various key members of IT leadership have changed hands in the last few years. The new leadership is clearly looking to outsource anything that is not nailed down. Opportunities in IT are few and far between. As well, folks working in IT these days will likely be doing on site management of outsourcing partner resources from India.

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