GSK reviews

3.9

74% would recommend to a friend

(7,023 total reviews)
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84% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

GSK has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 7,023 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
Feb 11, 2016

Company in transition

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

New site in Rockville, MD will be in growth mode in 2016. If you live or are willing to move to the area, there may be a good number of opportunities.

Cons

Vaccines unit is in flux due to the recent merger / integration with Novartis Vaccines. It may take a few years until the vaccine organization is fully operating as one.

1.0
Nov 5, 2015

Not a play to stay

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible working environment Explore new areas of science Focused on high dividends for share holders

Cons

Decisions are based on people and not what's right for the company; Organizations get formed and reformed Way too many org changes - employees have had multiple managers within short periods of time which is a career killer Wrong people get promoted or given opportunities or developed only to disappoint Mediocre management that needs to be replaced , especially the C-suite and middle management Jumps into areas too quickly without much thinking and then pulls out too soon from productive areas Great place to learn stuff, but not a great place to build a career

1.0
Aug 22, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Opportunity to work for a large pharmaceutical company was important in my career development and taught me a lot about how poorly management can perform and still pay themselves huge bonuses

Cons

All politics all the time. Hitting targets is not as important as kissing up to management. Targets were poorly defined and resources to achieve targets were withheld unless you kissed up.

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