Amgen reviews

The opinions here pertain to the IT/IS organization and leadership at Amgen. The IT/IS environment was great up to a certain point. That is, until the aggressive outsourcing (abroad, mainly India) of IT and IS duties started, with questionable quality of systems/applications support. Lack of real dialog between some managers and their direct reports, questionable managerial attitude and practices in the IT/IS department lead by the Executive Director Arun Nayar. Unreasonable assignments outside job description and misaligned with skill set and with workload. The business practices listed here have led to significant attrition, loss of some great managers who really cared about their direct reports. And also led to work overload, stress and hostile work environment at times. Mediocre base salary and bonuses.

Biotech is a volatile industry. Company constantly changing to remain competitive. Since joining, I've continually looked over my shoulder with frequent org changes / layoffs. Non-core business functions (i.e. back office support, etc.), these roles are not always given the priority that's given to the science side, which is understandable. Can be difficult to find other internal roles, as it can be challenging to get noticed within such a big organization.