MSD reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(2,391 total reviews)
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84% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

MSD has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 2,391 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The MSD employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

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4.0
May 5, 2013

MSD International

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

one of the biggest and established pharmaceutical companies in the world, so their system is well-set up, with each specilised function. Staff welfare and benefits are well-taken care of.

Cons

sometimes the system is too rigid, due to the fact that it has been established for a long time

4.0
Mar 25, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good training for products etc, good sales models, look after people when they are not well etc and great for work life balance. As log as you put the effort in you will get the rewards but like any job it MASSIVELY depends on your manager as to wether you will enjoy your job or not. I found that most were fab but the odd one or 2 were awful and just act like bullies if they take a dislike to someone or they are only bothered about their own development and dont really care about anyone else. Luckily most war not like this. Great R&D, great drugs, well respected.

Cons

When it comes to the crunch and they are letting people go it turns out you are just a number after all and they don't really care that much at all. The way they decide one the redundancies is utterly, utterly bonkers and they have lost some amazing people and kept some really rubbish people!!! Crazy.

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