Merck reviews

4.1

83% would recommend to a friend

(6,162 total reviews)
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Rob Davis

83% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

Merck has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 6,162 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
Oct 4, 2013

If you're an engineer who wants to do engineering, look elsewhere

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Some great people, some cognizance of what makes for good culture, decent work/life balance if you try for achieve that. if you are willing to be blindly positive and use enough buzzwords you might go far here.

Cons

with raises for the two years I have been here being less than inflation, you can expect to make less and less as you gain experience. raises based on promotion/increased responsibility have been effectively eliminated in the post merger compensation framework. I expect bonuses will be slashed, if they remain at all and the next few years will be marked by stagnation

2.0
Oct 3, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

excellent coworkers in MRL, very intelligent, motivated, experienced, etc.

Cons

the ten year downward spiral is accelerating out of control, bench scientists have little confidence in senior management from VP on up, advice and guidance even from high level bench scientists with many years service invariably hits a brick wall. Moral is abysmal. Sounds bitter, but sadly is the truth. Incredible talent, intelligence and experience is being utterly wasted.

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