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 361 reviews)); "Who would have thought you would meet so many great people working in an analytics lab." ((in 210 reviews)); "Biogen has a great culture" ((in 151 reviews)); "Great work life balance and completely WFH" ((in 104 reviews)); "good pay and good work" ((in 102 reviews))

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

"Poor management all over the building." ((in 80 reviews)); "Seem to have frequent layoffs" ((in 65 reviews)); "We recently had overly optimistic forecasts for products & senior leadership poorly handled managing media relations." ((in 53 reviews)); "Was lied to by direct manager more than once." ((in 36 reviews)); "Clueless upper management." ((in 30 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

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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).

Reviews by job title

2K reviews

4.0

Oct 17, 2016

Project Coordinator

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The company culture is top notch, senior leadership cares about their employees and makes an effort to listen to new ideas.

Cons

Layoffs are common depending on the success level of newly released products.

5.0

Oct 16, 2016

Intern

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Friendly, helpful, and collaborative work environment. You feel like you are part of a great team doing something truly important.

Cons

As an intern, I would've liked more exposure to what happened in my department and others -- I was mostly just stuck doing my job most of the day.

3.0

Oct 15, 2016

Associate Director

Associate director

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits, committed employees, hard working, creative colleagues. Nice people.

Cons

Politics at the executive level, routine layoffs

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