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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1.0
Dec 21, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Nice offices to work in.

Cons

Too much work and pressure. No communication with the management. Constant harassment from management. No amount of work is enough for them. Never a kind word about a job well done, even when unrealistic deadlines are met through long hours of work.

4.0
Dec 1, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Good work-life balance. Company has moved to reward individual performance. Many benefits if you are able to manage a territory - your manager will leave you alone and not be on your back the whole time. If you were lucky enough to start 10 years ago, then you're a full-time employee with all the benefits/pension etc. If they decide to lay you off, then severance package has been pretty good.

Cons

The whole industry needs to get a backbone and stand up for their right to market medications to customers. They are not allowing reps to develop rapport with physicians essentially by cutting out all the budgets for everything other than 'food'. If you are new, you are most likely going to be on a contract, so - no benefits/pension. With the acquisition of Schering there will be more downsizing. Seems like this is done every year in December. We have moved to multiple products in the bag - I have 4! It makes it very difficult to do your job, when you need to discuss all four products at every visit. You end up spinning your wheels.

5.0
Oct 3, 2009

Good place to work

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Very flexible in terms of work home balance. Management dedicated to providing constructive feedback to help develope employees.

Cons

There are no dress down Fridays. Summer hours are not comparable to peer pharmaceuticals. A skeleton staff is required.

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