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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6K reviews
5.0
Jan 6, 2012

Rewarding

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits, rewarding challenges, culture, six sigma, learning, collaboration. Opportunities for promotion exist for effective and hard working employees who can make an impact.

Cons

Levels of management to approve changes, some processes can be streamlined and simplified, eliminate duplication of effort, celebrate milestones, accomplishments more often

2.0
Nov 18, 2011

Highly Stressful

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

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.

4.0
Oct 16, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay and benefits. Provides a feeling of accomplishment through compensation plans. Reasonable work and life balance. Some opportunities for career advancement, but far less options than in the past.

Cons

There is constant change which occurs within Merck and the entire pharmaceutical sector. It is longer a place where most employees will remain during their entire career. Downsizing on an annual basis has become the norm.

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