Amgen has great benefits, but only so-so career opportunities - Manager Amgen Employee Review

4.0
Apr 23, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Terrific benefits and opportunities to learn. Generous vacation and holiday pay, and great 401K matching. Mature, successful company with opportunities to learn about biotech/pharma process from beginning to end.

Cons

Extremely silo-ed organization. Can be very difficult to have positive impact on or move a stagnant process or group. Company tended to discount employees' previous experience and opinions if the experience wasn't at Amgen -- though they like to hire experienced people from outside the company. Very top-down management style, not collaborative. Benefits are often referred to as the golden handcuffs.

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5.0
Jun 26, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Flexible, good compensation, great team

Cons

may take meetings at odd hours due to global company

3.0
Jul 21, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Because of the pandemic, Amgen did improve on empowering their employees to prioritize their wellbeing. Campus is beautiful and nice benefits.

Cons

Very demanding, which in my opinion may illicit a competitive nature amongst staff, which I didn't care for. Pretty difficult to move up compared to other organizations I've worked at. Diversity and inclusion is a bit lacking - in 2020, there was a lot more access to DEI material but it didn't last.

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