Hazing, then fired - Senior Statistical Programmer, Late Stage Development Merck Employee Review

2.0
Apr 17, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Good salary, bonus, benefits. Most people are respectful.

Cons

Hazing - I was 'asked' to print out a 3000 page document and review numbers line-by-line manually by a long-term Merck Employee who was not even in Statistical Programming. I refused, citing that company policy (SOP) states that verification should be done by machine reading. My manager did not back me up on this as she had only 5 years with the company and still feels like an outsider. I was thrown under the bus for insubordination and fired.

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Pros

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