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).

Ratings by demographic groups

Race / Ethnicity

Gender

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Reviews by job title

2K reviews

3.0

Nov 11, 2024

Still Struggling to Retain Top Talent

Associate director

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Decent salary and good benefits Sabbatical every 6 years Pipeline focus is improving

Cons

Still reorganizing and consolidating job functions leading to more waves of layoffs. Cuts and reorg made without true understanding of impact to the company or to the groups that have to take on more responsibilities. Company mantra: Do more with less and do it faster and cheaper. Poor morale as an inevitable result.

Biogen Response

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Thank you for taking the time to share your candid and honest feedback. We are pleased to hear that you find our salary, benefits, and sabbatical program to be positive aspects of your experience at Biogen. As we focus on building a sustainable business, we acknowledge the challenges brought by any strategic restructuring and understand the impact they have on our workforce. Your insights are invaluable as we strive to create a more sustainable and rewarding work environment for all of our employees. Any additional feedback you can provide related to your team's workload is always helpful, please don't hesitate to reach out to talentfeedback@biogen.com. Thanks for all of your hard work. - Maria, HR

2.0

Nov 7, 2024

Not employee centric

Account manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits, PTO and holiday shut down

Cons

Huge bureaucracy. Moves at a snails pace lots of over resource areas that don’t contribute to the growth of the company or profitability.

4.0

Nov 4, 2024

I'm working as a category manager for GBS / Procurement for the categories Real Estate and Facilities.

Sr. manager strategic sourcing

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great people (talented) Diverse people (more than 60 nationalities) Middle & agile pharmaceutical company (7500 employees)

Cons

Some tools are obsolete We don't have the maturity of the big pharma Unnecessary bureaucracy

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Still Struggling to Retain Top Talent

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