Does Biogen pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Biogen employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Biogen. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Biogen?

69% of Biogen employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Biogen 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Biogen?

Associate Director (99) , Manager (54) , 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) , Project Manager (16) , Research Scientist (16) , Associate Scientist (15)

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 365 reviews)); "Who would have thought you would meet so many great people working in an analytics lab." ((in 214 reviews)); "Biogen has a great culture" ((in 156 reviews)); "good pay and good work" ((in 99 reviews)); "Great work life balance and completely WFH" ((in 98 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 58 reviews)); "We recently had overly optimistic forecasts for products & senior leadership poorly handled managing media relations." ((in 56 reviews)); "Was lied to by direct manager more than once." ((in 35 reviews)); "Clueless upper management." ((in 28 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.

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3.8

69% would recommend to a friend

(2,048 total reviews)

Christopher A. Viehbacher

73% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Compensation and benefits

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.5

Culture & values

3.4

Career opportunities

3.2

Senior management

Biogen has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,048 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).

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2K reviews

1.0

Sep 17, 2021

Hostile Work Environment

Universal patient services coordinator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

You get a lot of vacation hours

Cons

Hostile work environment, 6 week training turned into 10 months+ because of the low call volume for Aduhelm, No guidance from management, micro management is insane, and we do busy work all day. After the failed launch of Aduhelm it seems like the company doesn’t know what to do. The business model they are using for this launch is going to destroy the whole company. This is a very stressful job. I wouldn’t advise anyone to work in the Aduhelm department.

1.0

Aug 15, 2021

From Best in Area to Toxic Helpless Organization

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits are ok. Pay is ok although stagnant internally. Some good people remaining for now.

Cons

Micromanagement from managers who understand little. Disingenuous management who speaks in manner completely inconsistent with actions. Punitive and toxic culture. Performance failing as talent had fled poor decisions over last 5 years or more. Fraudulent leadership (HR at the center) taking advantage of good people. Too many Merck and Amgen imports who think too highly of those companies and brought the toxic, political realities (not recognizing that Biogen RTP HAS BEEN far better). Adu situation. Low raises for internal talent, HR meddling, taking talent base for granted, importing Merck/Amgen/BigPharma personnel, managing messaging rather than reality, numerous meetings over minutia and abstract nonsense, and a culture of losing. Biogen RTP 2021.

2.0

Oct 20, 2018

Kiss your career goodbye

Senior manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits and a great Cambridge location.

Cons

Leadership doesn’t know how to develop employees or support employees who actually propose their own development plan. (This might not be true in all areas of the organization but that would be the minority.). You won’t develop and you will stagnate. This used to be a great place to work but it is really a dead end.

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