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      Merck reviews

      4.1

      83% would recommend to a friend

      (6,162 total reviews)
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      Rob Davis

      83% approve of CEO

      71% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.1

      Compensation and benefits

      4.0

      Work/Life balance

      3.9

      Culture & values

      3.7

      Career opportunities

      3.5

      Senior management

      Merck has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 6,162 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
      Sep 14, 2012

      Opportunity to make a difference, but unstable work environment

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Merck makes important medicines, such as its pediatric and adult vaccines. Manufacturing these medicines, and developing new medicines, is an important public health contribution. - Merck's strength is its organizational experience with clinical development and the regulatory environment, and in manufacturing of complicated medicines. - Lots of good experience to be had, in a variety of functional roles from discovery to development and manufacturing, from quality to regulatory to technical science and engineering jobs.

      Cons

      Merck is trying to re-invent itself as a low-cost manufacturer, and leader of the field, but all while minimizing the amount of money spent. Upper management turnover is quite high, and leads to a very unstable environment, with a high rate of change, and minimal acknowledgement of the challenges this brings. The implicit message is that employees should be happy to have a job, and they should suck it up and work harder.

      3.0
      Sep 7, 2012

      It was a great company, not anymore

      Associate director
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great people, good science, flexible work schedule, good work life balance, ok salary

      Cons

      It is in cutting cost mode: no trips to conferences, no perks, lots of lay offs Way too many reorgs in the last years, some totally unnecessary Upper management sucks, don't have vision

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