Merck reviews

4.1

83% would recommend to a friend

(6,163 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 6,163 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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2.0
Mar 5, 2022

Turning woke

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Flexible hours, most coworkers are fine

Cons

Pay is lower than industry average and now there is a huge push to be woke and if you don’t believe in that ideology you better not say anything. In the name of diversity and inclusion.

1.0
Jan 25, 2022

Awful Culture

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

A few nice people, but not enough to warrant staying there.

Cons

Crazy, busy, stressful work environment. People are nasty. A lot of backstabbing.

4.0
Jan 13, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

1) Solid science and thorough drug discovery and development process 2) World leader in immune-oncology and infectious disease. Future world leader in immunology and neuroscience. 3) Compensation seems to be industry average, but certain benefits relating to pension plan, housing assistance (in certain locations), and Inspire points program makes Merck stand out.

Cons

1) Lack of Innovation. Although the company has made an effort over the past several years to address this, there is not enough of investment in innovation and several bureaucratic systems in place to prevent innovation. 2) Serious IT and data infrastructure problem. These archaic processes/systems will likely result in the company struggling to keep up with competitors in the digital era. 3) Difficult publishing research articles, which is not good for early career scientists trying to impact their respective fields.

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