Merck reviews

4.1

83% would recommend to a friend

(6,165 total reviews)
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Rob Davis

83% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

Merck has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 6,165 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Merck 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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6K reviews
1.0
Nov 19, 2015

Run away!

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

.... Far far away

Cons

Terrible benefits, terrible management, so siloed that nothing ever gets done. They refuse to make anything better and everything they do is done poorly. If it weren't for being serial acquirers, they wouldn't even make it as a company. They can't get payroll right, benefits right, every last thing that his company does is done terribly as if it were their first day as a business.

1.0
Nov 18, 2015

scientist

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

worst company in the worst

Cons

fire people often, management do know pharm

3.0
Oct 31, 2015

Administrative Assistant

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good salary, good benefits, great products, company mission is to improve lives. Ethical company.

Cons

If you are a union member you are treated as a second class citizen. Company says flexible work arrangements, not true if you're union, there is no working from home as there is for non-union members. Definitely have a line drawn.

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