Does Biogen pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Biogen employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Biogen. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Biogen?

71% of Biogen employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Biogen 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Biogen?

Associate Director (100) , Manager (55) , Senior Manager (54) , Director (53) , Scientist (49) , Manufacturing Associate (40) , Intern (36) , Senior Scientist (25) , Patient Services Coordinator (24) , Co-Op (20) , Senior Associate Scientist (19) , Scientist II (18) , Internship (16) , Project Manager (16) , Research Scientist (16)

What are the pros of working at Biogen according to real employee reviews?

"Great benefits with a lot of paid vacation; big push from management on work/life balance" ((in 358 reviews)); "Great people especially those that have been in the company for a bit of time." ((in 215 reviews)); "Biogen has a great culture" ((in 159 reviews)); "Great work life balance and completely WFH" ((in 103 reviews)); "Good salaries mos like above average" ((in 90 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Biogen according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management all over the building." ((in 79 reviews)); "Seem to have frequent layoffs" ((in 60 reviews)); "Poor management and leadership." ((in 56 reviews)); "Your success or failure is based on your direct manager." ((in 37 reviews)); "Clueless upper management." ((in 29 reviews))

What are employees saying about Biogen layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Biogen layoffs and their outlook for job security at Biogen in 2026.

Biogen reviews

3.9

71% would recommend to a friend

(2,051 total reviews)

Christopher A. Viehbacher

76% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

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Biogen has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 2,051 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Biogen employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Farmacéutica y biotecnología industry (3.5 stars).

Reviews by job title

2K reviews

2.0

Mar 19, 2023

Unwilling to listen and change

Director

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits, most (not all) people have a good heart and really care about patients. Great focus on diversity and inclusion.

Cons

Can't get out of their own way. There are so many things that are easily fixable if the people who've been there for such a long time would actually listen to the newer people who've brought valuable experience with them. But instead new ideas are met with resistance. Things are disorganized, unclear roles, gaps and overlaps, outdated processes and thinking.

Biogen Response

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I'm sorry for hear this has been your experience at Biogen, and we appreciate you taking the time to provide feedback. We are committed to listening to our employees and working to improve our processes and policies. If you have any additional details or specifics you can share, I can help pass the feedback along to the appropriate team to address your issues. Please reach us at talentfeedback@biogen.com. -- Dennis, HR

3.0

Mar 19, 2023

Pay

Engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay package Good hours

Cons

Management Poor time keeping Not many benefits

3.0

Mar 16, 2023

Bad leaders are ruining the company

Individual contributor

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

On site Starbucks, decent pay

Cons

After allowing people to WFH for the pandemic there is a big forceful push to bring people back in the office. However, there are not enough desks and the place is filthy. No one has presented a good reason for coming in the office other than to micromanage the already stressed out employees. Work/Life balance is slowly being phased out. Career growth is a joke and subjective. If you are great at being a brown-nose, you'll go far. Don't challenge authority even when they are wrong. They don't like it and you'll never get promoted. Be careful of all the carrots that are dangled to make you stay. As soon you spot the first lie - leave!

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