Is Amgen a good company to work for?

Amgen has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 5,435 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 5% over the last 12 months. 65% of employees would recommend working at Amgen to a friend and 66% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Amgen have been left by employees working as Postdoctoral Fellow , Internship and Summer Intern .

Does Amgen pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Amgen employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Amgen. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Amgen?

65% of Amgen employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Amgen 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Amgen?

Senior Manager (160) , Director (118) , Senior Associate (109) , Manager (101) , Scientist (93) , Sales Representative (80) , Project Manager (77) , Manufacturing Associate (74) , Intern (70) , Associate Scientist (54) , Engineer (53) , Senior Scientist (50) , Associate (48) , Senior Engineer (44) , Data Scientist (31)

What are the pros of working at Amgen according to real employee reviews?

"By working there as a full time employee you will work on a beautiful campus and receive great benefits." ((in 724 reviews)); "People are great and knowledgeable ." ((in 353 reviews)); "Amgen is a great place to work with good benefits and even better culture" ((in 291 reviews)); "Every mgr I've had has exemplified the Amgen values of putting the patient first and promoting a good work/life balance." ((in 255 reviews)); "pay is good and fair" ((in 215 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Amgen according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management not fare assessment" ((in 176 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs and reorganizations which seemed to be due to planning issues and moving work overseas." ((in 94 reviews)); "All senior leadership claim they have no power and none of them can make a decision on their own." ((in 66 reviews)); "audit group is known to work long hours including weekends and evenings (more so than other departments)" ((in 44 reviews)); "Upper management is biased." ((in 42 reviews))

What are employees saying about Amgen layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Amgen layoffs and their outlook for job security at Amgen in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Amgen locations?

Thousand Oaks , Juncos , Tampa , Los Angeles , South San Francisco , Cambridge , West Greenwich , Seattle , San Francisco , Longmont , New York , Boston , Chicago , Dallas , Deerfield , Newbury Park , Washington , Boulder , Atlanta , Holly Springs , Woburn , New Albany , Providence , Camarillo , Fremont , Rockville , Louisville , Houston , Simi Valley , Columbus

Amgen reviews

3.8

65% would recommend to a friend

(4,195 total reviews)

Robert A. Bradway

77% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

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Amgen has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 4,195 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

2.0

Oct 15, 2016

Scientist

Anonymous employee

Recommend

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Pros

Good 401K, great place to learn and start your career.

Cons

Agree with another review, Amgen used to be good, not anymore. The health insurance plan is worse and worse, premium goes up year by year, 2017 is a 38 dollars more / month compare to 2016. Amgen sent everyone a letter asking you to share more of their cost of the insurance plan---38 dollars more per month of whose salary is between 100,000 to 199,000. Even with this much premium, the deductible is 1500 dollars, without co-pay for anything, meaning you pay full with office visit. I visited doctor once this year,for something small, and paid 340 bucks in full. The insurance plan sucks now, but Amgen used to be good 5 years ago. With the new management team, new CEO, new CFO, Amgen cut off heavily in terms of employee benefits not only health insurance plan, for example, they cut off the expense on Xmas party, yes, you read it right, Amgen doesn't have a company wide Xmas party. Promotion here is another big issue, taking my department as an example, there is zero promotion to anyone in the past 10 years.

1.0

Jul 23, 2016

Horrible company culture

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Interesting technology, the facility was well maintained, the introductory training was very thorough, there were a lot of "team building" events with good food and even beer, although it was awkward to attend those surrounded by people who were so anti-team mentality.

Cons

Long hours, thankless management, culture of disrespect. I relocated across the country to take a job there, and ended up resigning after one year. It was such an awkward place to work. It seemed that everyone was out to make each other look bad, not a team atmosphere at all. I've never had a problem getting along with coworkers, but there, every attempt to make conversation was met with hostility. I was then transferred to an even worse department after about 4 months. The supervisor would do things like try to write people up for taking a ten minute break to go eat a granola bar. This was a 12 hour shift with only one 30 minute break.

4.0

May 26, 2016

Great Work Being Done, Great Benefits, Stressful culture not knowing where next lay-offs were coming from

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Amgen does incredible work in researching and creating therapies for grievous illness. The staff are committed to what they do.

Cons

CEO is a Wall Street guy and that's how the company is now being run. The tag line is "Every patient every time" - but is it really? Terrific research was being done at their Washington State sites, with many potential molecules for the pipeline, but Amgen shut those sites down. Selling the Helix Campus for $240 million (40 acres ON the waterfront of Seattle - state of the art research labs, which cost $630 million to build in the first place). Why? To please Wall Street and Shareholders.

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