Merck reviews

4.1

83% would recommend to a friend

(6,160 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 6,160 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
1.0
Oct 17, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There are not many pros left for this once great company

Cons

stifling bureaucracy, incompetent senior management, impotent board of directors

3.0
Sep 3, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The money is honestly the only thing that keeps me here, and a few good friends.

Cons

The overall moral of Merck is dismal. People are angry, depressed, rude and down right horrible. Its sad to see a company that was once rated among the best to work for now be a place were the only smiles are from people joking about never coming back in to work.

2.0
Aug 22, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible work hours, don't track employee time in/out of office or vacation & sick days, just expect you to get your work done and that's it. Hours can be very long and crazy, but it can easily be balanced.

Cons

Layoffs aplenty. Highly bureacratic. Over structured. Very slow career movement growth. Company says they value their employees, yet don't demonstrate that they take employee interests or career goals into account during all these reorgs. They also preach 'compliance is #1' but the actions they take are all about money, money, money. Validation engineers are overworked and underpaid and most importantly, under appreciated.

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