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 (100) , 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) , 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 354 reviews)); "Who would have thought you would meet so many great people working in an analytics lab." ((in 224 reviews)); "Biogen has a great culture" ((in 159 reviews)); "Great work life balance and completely WFH" ((in 99 reviews)); "good pay and good work" ((in 87 reviews))

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

"Poor management all over the building." ((in 78 reviews)); "Seem to have frequent layoffs" ((in 60 reviews)); "We recently had overly optimistic forecasts for products & senior leadership poorly handled managing media relations." ((in 58 reviews)); "It is absolutely true that if you have a good manager, he/she will support you, challenge you, and promote you." ((in 40 reviews)); "Clueless upper management." ((in 26 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

3.8

70% would recommend to a friend

(2,050 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 2,050 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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Reviews by job title

2K reviews

2.0

Jul 29, 2010

Intense culture, results-oriented, but too many employees are underhanded

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Good reputation - Work with smart people - Pay and benefits are good - Some areas of the company are VERY productive and "best in class"

Cons

- Bully managers are tolerated and sometime encouraged by upper management and HR, despite complaints and notorious, chronic issues with the same people - Turnover is high under the same managers and the company does nothing to get rid of them.

1.0

Dec 27, 2025

It had such potential but senior leadership messed it up

Scientist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The compensation was good. Some of the people were nice and very knowledgeable about the industry. R&D had really talented scientists, but many were let go in January 2025. Lots of teamwork and collaboration.

Cons

Heavy on the favoritism for promotions. Poor leadership and decision-making. Not enough scientists are left to do the work. The only thing that is keeping some people at the company is the terrible job market. Once the market improves, it will be a mass exodus. The new leaders are clueless about how to turn this sinking ship around. They laid off the good ones.

1.0

Jun 28, 2024

The company with no soul

Manufacturing associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Nothing to say here, free coffee

Cons

Bullying and favoritism is rife within this site. The worst treatment of employees I have ever seen. Constant insecurity, Low salary for Switzerland. Constant threats from management. No communication. Exclusion is the way of the company, blame environment, new ideas are not welcomed here, money focused company, you are expected to do the workload of 3 people at minimum, high staff turnover, no communication, serious corner cutting going on here in the industry of GMP. Chance of death at work is high because employee health & safety is not important.

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