Biogen reviews

3.8

70% would recommend to a friend

(2,048 total reviews)
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Christopher A. Viehbacher

74% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

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
2.0
Oct 25, 2019

Director

Anonymous employee
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Pros

bonus system, remote flexibility, inspiring mission, and solid and professional people at the working levels

Cons

Poor leadership at many levels beginning with leadership team. High turnover that is concealed, trending at 15% and above. Questionable ethical practices and misrepresentation of data. Clinical organization contains a sweat shop mentality that requires a serve the boss mentality--little to no job autonomy, employees are experiencing high levels of stress and overwork. Results of employee and EHS stress surveys are buried and not acted upon. Lurches from one initiative to the next--including the latest work on lean and simple that does not have leadership committee alignment or support. Massive exit of leadership team over the last 12 months--differences over direction and strategy and accuracy of data. HR is a political cesspool where people are broken into political camps and knee jerk from one flavor of the month to the next. Don't be fooled by the latest Aducanumab announcement--the truth will emerge

2.0
Aug 19, 2019

Radical Candor not at all

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Pros

People - simply put I loved working with most of the people at BIIB and learned so much about what to do *(and what not to...) They do inspire me still!

Cons

Lack of courage - MGT in general play "get along to move along" and generally will not challenge each other to be accountable for the good of the right decision. Instead they spend most of their time talking with each other in Governance Boards that make no decisions hampering the common employee to execute

5.0
Aug 3, 2019

Best Company / Best Job

Recommend
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Pros

Top quality management and employees. Terrific and inclusive culture. Best benefits and great rewards for top performance.

Cons

Some of the amazing people that made Biogen a superb company started to leave with the announcement of George Scangos' departure (CEO),.

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