Merck reviews

4.1

83% would recommend to a friend

(6,155 total reviews)
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Rob Davis

82% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

Merck has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 6,155 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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3.0
Aug 18, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pay is very competative and oppertunities exist for highly motivated. The new products are very exciting and older ones are very benificial to many people. The reward in working at this company is knowing that you can help a great deal of peple in what you make.

Cons

Communication and Senior Managment are very distant and hard to reach. They are often giving a certain direction one week then going back and changing things the following week. The change in directions and initiatives leaves people wondering what the focus should be. Also there have been 4-5 major initiatives started within a 9 month period which is very daunting and overloading to all involved in implimenting and working in the sytem.

3.0
Aug 18, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay and benefits. Great opportunities to get experience in different departments. Thw work that you do makes a difference in other people's lives.

Cons

Disconnection of upper management and lower management due to company size. Frequent layoffs lately due to problems with clinical trials and products. Senior management does not take the time to get to know the employees and has an impersonal, uncaring, relationships with them.

3.0
Aug 15, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It's a decent company, has a very solid CEO, and pay scales are pretty good. The cafeterias are good. Telecommuting is allowed by some individual bosses.

Cons

There seems to be a lot of favoritism and politics. Some departments are worse than others. IT is not treated as well as business side. There are very limited advancement opportunities in the IT rhelm.

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