Amgen reviews

3.8

65% would recommend to a friend

(4,195 total reviews)
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Robert A. Bradway

77% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

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
4.0
May 1, 2015

Not as good as we thought

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good paid, good people working around, nice weather in Southern California

Cons

company just did huge re-organization. >3,000 people let go. This will be an on going trend under current Amgen Full Potential influence

3.0
Feb 16, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The company has lost its focus on internal discovery of new therapeutics; plan to in license or acquire more than 50% of future marketed therapies. Sadly, the halcyon days of George Rathman and Gordon Binder are long gone.

Cons

Too many layers of management slows down key decision making. Neuroscience Senior management lack appropriate scientific depth and expertise. Jealously guard their access to key opportunities. Senior Managers unwilling to relinquish control of scope and direction of new target discovery work to appropriate scientific leaders to the detriment of the company.

2.0
Jan 20, 2015

Used to be better

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Time off: vacation time, end of year and summer shutdown

Cons

Management and overall direction of the company, minimal opportunities for career advancement unless you are close to someone who is senior management.

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