Merck reviews

4.1

83% would recommend to a friend

(6,170 total reviews)
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Rob Davis

82% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

Merck has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 6,170 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
3.0
Jun 13, 2012

Use to be great

Recommend
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Pros

Strong sense of community (feels like family), Strong business ethics, Great day care on premises, Management can be good mentors and offer good advice, Employees are very smart and kind.

Cons

Opportunity/ Promotion is non-existant (I've personally been rated at the top of my level for 5 years straight, with constant promises for promotion but no action- there's always an excuse). Yearly salary increases have become a joke. Average in 2011 was 1.8%. Often given a lot of responsibility and expected to over deliver, but not empowered to make the decisions/ changes necessary. Little management support. With the current environment (layoffs, numerous reorgs, understaffed area, etc), people have become distrusting, frustrated, and difficult to work with. Many have lost their passion for their job. Benefits declining over recent years. Technology is way behind industry norm. Over worked in multiple areas, no resources, starting to see a lot of negative impact to the business and processes. Concerned for future.

3.0
May 4, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Benefits; desire to treat employees fairly; hard working coworkers; good cafeteria; well documented procedures; able to get the tools so you can do your job;

Cons

micromanagement by senior leaders; a very passive aggressive culture; it is more important to be political than to do the right thing; middle and upper management will take short cuts and even have questionable activities.

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