Amgen reviews

3.8

64% would recommend to a friend

(4,189 total reviews)
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Robert A. Bradway

75% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

Amgen has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 4,189 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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3.0
Jun 13, 2010
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Pros

Great facilities ( very well maintained), a lot of benefits to employees, diverse group of people, great ethical values, very pro environment and safety!

Cons

Not a lot of career development opportunities. I was trying to move within the same group but having other responsibilities but I wasn't allowed too. It would have been worse if I tried to move to another group or area. A lot of people incidents (people been disrespectful), a lot of drama, back stabbing and management knows about it but don't do much. Salary increase its not a whole lot but good bonus. In order to get a promotion you have to be more than "perfect", almost like a "GOD" for your manager (that's why there's a lot of backstabbing people trying to move up no matter how). The way Human Resources manages issues its not too good. Issues go on and on for years before someone decides its time to do something about it. Not a lot of technical people most of the things are contracted outside.

3.0
Jun 10, 2010

A place with a lot of potential.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Amgen is a young company with a strong pipeline. It wants to be more innovative. One of the last true biotechs out there.

Cons

There really is no ethnic diversity here at Amgen. Efforts to change and build a sustainable pipeline of diversity is limited if at all. In general, succession planning is ambiguous at best. It is difficult to understand the appropriate path to senior management positions past a Sr. Manager. To that point, there are several qualified and over qualified employees that are frustrated on this point.

5.0
Jun 8, 2010
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Pros

Amgen has a culture of cultivating people, although it's becoming more market-focused and losing some of that good feeling it used to have. Overall Amgen treats its employees very well.

Cons

Amgen is large enough that there are stupid HR rules around promotions, the ability to get an "Excellent" review, and this really hurts. The best employees can't always be recognized, promoted, and so forth because of a silly rule like "employees must be in their job at least 18 months before being promoted."

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