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      4.1

      83% would recommend to a friend

      (6,171 total reviews)
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      Rob Davis

      82% approve of CEO

      72% positive business outlook

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      Merck has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 6,171 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
      2.0
      Jul 16, 2011

      This location needs lots of help!!!!!

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      This is a great company overall. Good pay and benefits. You will find lots of talented / experienced individuals at the site.

      Cons

      Beware of the big "inclusion" push. You are included if you think and act like the senior leadership team. If you do not fit the mold, inclusion ends. No place for new or innovative ideas. Under-qualified people appointed as managers and directors completely lost and creating a lot of hardship to direct reports. New projects are staffed with educated but rather unexperienced "engineers" who cause lots of errors, high amounts of scrap material and schedule delays shooting costs way above budget.

      2.0
      Mar 27, 2011

      mediocrity is a value

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      flexibility for work-life balance, good compensation (especially at non-urban sites) where cost of living is lower. Significant resources when correctly focused.

      Cons

      Mission drift, little respect for employees except as units, R&D is no longer world-class. Senior leadership distracted by internal politics. Mediocrity is the result.

      3.0
      Mar 16, 2011

      Not the company it once was

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Fair compensation Opportunities for professional development High Caliber Colleagues to learn from Good place to launch a career

      Cons

      Going through significant change Employees are overworked and under appreciated The future is uncertain - pipeline not producing

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