Not a good place to work! - Anonymous employee Merck Employee Review

1.0
Jan 15, 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Open office with lots of natural light, onsite cafe with very helpful staff and loads of covered parking with robot security. Average interview process.

Cons

Took almost four months from phone screen to start date. No onsite HR to help with any issues that might come up post onboarding, no Covid-19 safety protocols in place (no checking temps or checking vaccination cards), hardly any cleaning being done, desk was not sanitized nor was it set up for new employee with monitors, keyboard, mouse and desk phone. Coworkers too busy to help mentor or train new hires, confusing systems along with a helpdesk that will send you in circles. Onsite IT was not helpful either. Unsupportive manager with unrealistic expectations. If you make one mistake, they make sure that you are constantly reminded of it.

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4.0
Jun 30, 2026
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Pros

Great benefits like medical/dentist/vision, pension, stock option, 401k match. Co workers are excellent, pretty good on site symposiums, lot of diversity clubs/activities. Innovation is extremely welcomed. Diversity in research portfolio. AI/ML is heavily invested to make databases more efficient.

Cons

Micro managing, especially within the biologics department, potentially others. Promotions are limited, and pay bump is poor. Company invests too much in buying companies rather than keeping talent - lay offs let go of great talented people. Merck is afraid of investing into exploratory biology and doesn’t take risk - they even admit they would rather see other companies clinical data or R&D data rather than taking a risk. Although it’s slow going in building new software, current databases are slow and needs much improvement. Extremely poor work/life balance.

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