Merck reviews

4.1

83% would recommend to a friend

(6,165 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 6,165 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
3.0
Nov 19, 2011

Great!

Recommend
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Pros

Amazing atmosphere, opportunity for growth, great collegiality, smart co-workers and respectable benefits like health, vision and dental. Paid vacation hours.

Cons

Long hours, tough work-family time balance, lack of leadership and constant need to multi-task to meet deadlines. Management need to communicate better.

2.0
Nov 18, 2011

Highly Stressful

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great health benefits, life insurance, 401K

Cons

Very stressful union atmosphere in the Texas Call Center. There was a lot of tension between upper management and the union. Supervisors and floor managers have very little room to make changes and growth. Some members of upper management have been in there too long. They rarely communicate with the floor representatives and lower management. Some of the representatives do not know what upper management members even look like.

2.0
Nov 16, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Merck has products in many therapeutic areas and an excellent pipeline.

Cons

Merck did not compensate their sales representatives fairly. When you are considered a "specialty" representative, and are earning 15-20k less on average than many primary care representatives, it is a disgrace.

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