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      Merck KGaA

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      Merck KGaA reviews

      4.0

      80% would recommend to a friend

      (2,090 total reviews)
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      Kai Beckmann

      73% approve of CEO

      60% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.0

      Culture & values

      4.0

      Work/Life balance

      3.7

      Compensation and benefits

      3.5

      Career opportunities

      3.4

      Senior management

      Merck KGaA has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 2,090 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Merck KGaA 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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      2K reviews
      1.0
      Jul 3, 2013

      Serono was great. If you are great, Merck Serono is not for you. Horrible mediocrity.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      As long as you feed the people in Darmstadt and reply timely to their insane requests via email, you have nothing to fear. It is not about how great your run your business, but how good you are in politics. The C-level actually acknowledge to hire mediocre people, because they are afraid of high potentials: would be too demanding, difficult to manage and leave anyway. So if you are mediocre or below, you have found a matching company.

      Cons

      You will only survive if you don't have an opinion, no brain, no free will, no business sense and follow up on what you are told by the many, many "important" people from HQ. The number of templates you need to fill in, emails you have to reply to, protocols, procedures, lack of trust and control is unreal. Since your colleagues are most probably mediocre at best, you will find yourself in a working environment that doesn't challenge your brain, but kills it. Be prepared that delegating work may not be an option. Your co-workers are most probably not able to understand, execute or implement. You are on your own.

      3.0
      May 7, 2013

      A changing company

      Associate director
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Good compensation - Work-life balance - High quality people - International environment - Brilliant facilities in Geneva

      Cons

      - Undergoing a major transformation - Packages for people made redundant were not very generous - Need to move to Germany or USA if you want o have a career - Weak pipeline for new drugs

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