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
2.0
Dec 12, 2019

Toxic Work Environment

Recommend
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Pros

If you like cut-throat competition and back-stabbing, this is the place for you. The reputation of the company in the industry is great, but not much else.

Cons

Due to years and years of layoffs and contstant restructuring -- all in the name of saving money - everyone is on edge and worried for their own job. Lots of extremely catty women and insecure men jockeying to keep their positions before the next re-org. Truly a toxis environment. Leaders leaving left and right all because they would rather cut people than reduvce costs in other ways. Merck believes it's reputation is so great that they don't have to pay people as well as other companies because people want to work there so badly. Once hired, people quickly have regrets.

2.0
Aug 15, 2016

Not for older folks

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Top pay in the industry. Good resources, friendly working environment.

Cons

Don't appreciate experiences. If you are getting into your 50s, look out, you will be the next round of cutting. It's routing to layoff every other years ever since merger with Schering-Plough.

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