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      GSK

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      GSK reviews

      3.8

      71% would recommend to a friend

      (7,051 total reviews)
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      Luke Miels

      82% approve of CEO

      64% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.0

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.9

      Compensation and benefits

      3.8

      Culture & values

      3.8

      Work/Life balance

      3.4

      Career opportunities

      3.2

      Senior management

      GSK has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 7,051 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The GSK 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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      7K reviews
      2.0
      Dec 7, 2016

      Stale

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Intent to seek new opportunities for growing the business. Promotion options seem to be available.

      Cons

      No concerted way of making well informed decisions. Mistrust of analytic solutions. Very near term focused; very risk averse. Promotions based on relationships vs skills or merit. Very UK centric. Most of the progressive thinkers in R&D have left due to frustration.

      3.0
      Nov 29, 2016

      Vaccine inside sales

      Vaccine sales representative
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      tuition reimbursement, unlimited PTO, holiday shut down. WFH policy, 35-hour work week.

      Cons

      micro-managing, they do not support you when you want to advance to another position. Management is horrible, they do everything else but manage the employees. The pay is no where near what they pay the field yet they hold you to those same standards. Lastly, they do not value their current employees at all, feels like your in elementary school.

      3.0
      Sep 22, 2016

      Better than some, not as good as others

      Support staff
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      One of the biggest pros is flexibility, dependent upon your business unit. Also most of the people you work with are friendly and helpful. Pay is good - as long as you aren't comparing it to other Pharma's. As GSK is a UK company, we do get the week between Christmas and New Year's as shutdown. The appointment of internal candidate, Emma Walmsley as CEO, appears to be a positive step for GSK's future.

      Cons

      Once an admin - always an admin. There is very little room for growth, and although the company has a lot of development options, it does not trickle down to the support staff. Promises are made that managers will help you find more challenging roles, however they move on before anything happens. The company line is Work/Life Balance, however in the R&D environment many people cannot use their vacation days because of work requirements or external requirements (ex. FDA meetings). Many people lose their vacation days due to this, and no rollover or payout is allowed. As much as we are told we are valued, with the sale of the Oncology Business Unit, everyone has realized that we are only numbers with a dollar amount associated with our head. That is not how you value an employee.

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