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?

70% 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 373 reviews)); "Who would have thought you would meet so many great people working in an analytics lab." ((in 207 reviews)); "Biogen has a great culture" ((in 160 reviews)); "Great work life balance and completely WFH" ((in 99 reviews)); "Good salaries mos like above average" ((in 87 reviews))

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

"Poor management all over the building." ((in 83 reviews)); "Seem to have frequent layoffs" ((in 61 reviews)); "We recently had overly optimistic forecasts for products & senior leadership poorly handled managing media relations." ((in 58 reviews)); "Was lied to by direct manager more than once." ((in 38 reviews)); "Clueless upper management." ((in 27 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

70% would recommend to a friend

(2,048 total reviews)

Christopher A. Viehbacher

74% 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

2.0

Feb 12, 2017

morale down due to restructurings and lack of transparency

Senior manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

benefits pay location infrastructure office layout cleanliness of office ( except for the mice running around in building 1) cafeteria/ starbucks on site

Cons

gossiping at your manager level favoritism lack of respect lack of recognition lack of transparency unprofessional failing trend on revenues at each earnings

2.0

Sep 18, 2016

Terrible place to work in IT

Senior it project manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Nice infrastructure. Well constructed and well run. Good validation and compliance documentation systems.

Cons

Terrible management. Almost everyone in R&D IT had only 6 months tenure when I arrived, even the VP. It was eerie. I've never worked at a place with so few people with any tenure greater than 2 years. They didn't seem to have much respect for pharma industry experience, just protecting existing turf. It was like a ghost town that was just coming back to life. It seemed like almost everyone there was still "finding their legs". Maybe in a few years people will start to coalesce as teams, but there was little teamwork training for new people. Very few people knew where IT was really going. 11% employee layoffs followed 3 months later. IT was hit hard, and so were many senior scientists.

4.0

Jul 24, 2016

Manufacturing Associate III

Manufacturing associate iii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great Benefits, you meet some great people here

Cons

Favoritism, Upper management is a hit or a miss, some of them know how to lead but others are micro managers that are only out to make themselves look good.

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