Amgen reviews

3.8

65% would recommend to a friend

(4,196 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 4,196 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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4.0
Feb 1, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits and pay are in the top of our industry. 401k match is amazing and a lot of paid leave. Atmosphere used to be better, although is still great. Attitudes are generally positive in the work place and open communication is generally accepted.

Cons

Benefits have slowly reduced (although still great) Atmosphere is much more competitive due to less positions available in the last few years. Workload has increased significantly as hiring of new staff is slow to respond to demand for work.

3.0
Jan 31, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Competitive salary Excellent benefits including annual bonus and 2 shutdowns a year Reasonably good work-life balance Ability to work from home Stock price has increased dramatically with onboarding of new CEO

Cons

Advancement limited and based solely on "business need" Crowded unattractive working conditions due to closure of a newer building Employees who leave aren't replaced HQ seems to forget we're here

2.0
Jan 30, 2013

Profit comes first, at any cost

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Benefits are among the best in the Industry. People at the "working" level (i.e. below Director) are great, they are dedicated, well qualified and they really care about doing a great job. Facilities are fairly state of the art. Corporate (ATO) offers a select few to work from home or another Amgen office.

Cons

Non-diverse: few blacks and hispanics or other minorities (ACO). Upper level (EDs/VPs) are "friends of friends" that have a poor track record of being competent-they're "YES" people and care not for those under them. Management drives a culture of do more with less to the ridiculous measure (no staff, take shortcuts and hide information), and they treat people very badly. Amgen no longer cares about innovation, quality or the patient. Backdoor lobbying and pay offs are the norm to get their way with Government. Bradway is a finance guy-it's ALL about the cash now. You will work until you're broken mentally and physically and won't be recognized. You wont be able to transfer until you've been there 2 years or more, even then it's crap shoot. More than likely if your good at what you do and have any bone of integrity, you will be rewarded by being put on a performance improvement program so that Management can cover their backside and blame you for any problems. Training is non-existant or poor. Quality and compliance is only there because they have to be, not because those are values that make a great product. If you're a patient I would worry. If your thinking of being an employee, go Corporate Director or above and you will reap the sweet hours and pay for being a figurehead (friend of a friend in high places)-go for it and treat everyone like crud and say "yes" no matter what-that's the golden ticket right there. Oh, by the way, don't try to help your fellow employees, it only targets you. The culture is one of self preservation and immorality. I am ashamed I fell for it.

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